6:13-24 THE ARMOURY The Believer’ s Walk in Warfare (6:13-24) 1. The Explanation of Our Armour (6:13-17) 2. The Employment of Our Armour (6:18-24) Welcome to the Armoury explore it and let the Spirit of the house enlighten you. The Armoury Room is a place where the own armoury of God hangs, for not only is the Owner of this castle a King and Lord, but He is also a General and He gives His household generously His own armoury, He knows that only that will could stand against the forces of darkness that faces His household out in the field. 1. The Explanation of Our Armour (6:13-17) V.13 a) Plight - Hardship: I. Because we are in spiritual warfare its not going to be easy but a hard battle, the creatures we fight against has many advantages: 1. They are stronger than humans. 2. They can see us and we cannot se them. 3. They are awake 24 hours a day and are not working, we only have 8-10 hours full concentration because of sleep and work. 4. They can plan against us without our knowledge, we cannot plan against them without they knowing it. II. Therefore we need God’ s own armour to resist and fight against evil spirits, only His armour can overcome them. III. We need not only one piece of the armour but the whole armour to stand ground. IV. If we take on this whole armour and believe in the resource of God then the victory is ours. 1.John 2:13-14; 4:4 Because God is able 3:20 we are able in Him V. Notice there is no armour to protect our back, lets not run but face our battles with boldness and strength. Joshua 1:9 V.14 b) Proven - Truth: I. We sit in Christ, we walk in holiness but we also need to stand against the devil, for Truth and in truth. II. Truth: We need to be true and transparent 1.Tim.2:22 To have a good conscience is essential to run the race set before us, just as a belt causes us to be fit and ready. 1.Tim.1:19 III. The Word of God that is Truth causes us to know and live in truth, it sharpens our understanding. 1.Pet.1:13; Heb.5:14 The Word will expose everything that is loose and a hindrance. Heb.4:12 IV. As on every soldier the belt also carries the sword in its right place, if the belt is loose then the sword (Word of God) will become an obstacle for him. If we do not walk in truth then the Word will confront our sins. c) Purity - Righteousness: I. The breastplate caused a soldier to stand upright in battle not fearing a strike on his chest, he didn’ t crumble nor bend as a wounded man to protect himself. II. Righteousness is to stand upright. The standard and measure of righteousness is God’ s own righteousness, everyone who doesn’ t measure up to the righteousness of God is unrighteous. III. Christians can stand upright in righteousness because of the obtained righteousness in Christ. Rom.4:5-8 IV. As we are being condemned by devils we can stand not guilty before God because of His imputed righteousness in us. Righteousness is a judicial verdict from God declaring us righteous even without works in Christ. V.15 d) Preparation - Gospel of peace: Is.52:7 I. The word is a lamp to our feet. Psalms 119:105 II. It’ s the Word of God that prepares us to live and walk in peace. Eph.2:11-18 III. It’ s the Word of God that trains and equips us to be effective witness of the Gospel. IV. As the Word of Truth ties as a belt to the pants, so does the Gospel of peace ties our shoes and protects us from stumbling. V.16 e) Protection - Faith I. All the darts of the devil can be stopped by believing (the shield) in God’ s protection, promises and provision. 1.John 5:4-5 II. The darts are shot with fire and if we stay filled and soaked with the Spirit and the Word of God it will easily quench the fire. V.17 f) Preservation - Salvation I. The helmet is a piece that protects the head from injury, it’ s the salvation of God that protects us from loosing hope. II. Whatever attack against our hope in Christ can be overcome by His salvation. 1.Thes.5:8; Rev.12:9 III. Whatever situation we are in if we call on the name of the Lord we will experience salvation. Acts 2:32 g) Pursue - Word I. The Word of God is like a sword. Rev.19:15 II. Jesus also used the Word of God to quench the devil’ s darts. Matt.4:1-11 III. The Word here is not the Logos (written word) but the Rhema (spoken word). The Word will first become a sword when we speak it. Is.49:2