Put Your Armor On

Ephesians 6:10-20 concludes a section of the Ephesian letter that begins in Ephesians 4:1.

Ephesians 6:10-20 contains a well known section of scripture that not only encourages a Christian to stand and be strong but also tells the Christian how to do it… by putting on the whole armor of God. Not just some of the armor but all of it.

Things like…

loins girded with truth

breastplate of righteousness

footwear that is associated with the gospel of peace

the shield of faith

the helmet of salvation

the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God

Okay that’s how we become strong but how do we put on that armor? Note that God doesn’t put the armor on us… we do that, but he does provide the mechanism for acquiring the armor.

Ephesians 4:1- 6:9 describes in great detail the “walk” of a Christian so that he can acquire truth, become righteous, proclaim the gospel of peace, build strong faith, be saved and learn to accurately wield the word of God.

Don’t expect God just to pour all those attributes on you… they have to be developed by conquering sin in our lives, learning humility in the service of others, the continual study of God’s word and sallying forth to meet and conquer our enemies who are the “principalities, the powers, the world rulers of darkness and against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places”

Don’t think you can do that by yourselves. Discipline yourselves to be completely armored soldiers of Christ in an army waging war with Satan!