A Christ Follower: The Journey

  As you put one the full armor of God, “Take the helmet of salvation…” — Ephesians 6:17a The Holy Spirit inspires us to continue armoring up by putting on this very important piece of the Armor of God. I am talking about "The Helmet of Salvation." Here is why it is so vitally important: A soldier could survive a wound to the arm or leg, but a blow to the head was fatal. Spiritually, the mind is the battlefield, where Satan and his minions, use the world, the flesh and himself to aim his fiercest attacks — confusion, accusation, fear, doubt, and discouragement. DON’T BELIEVE ANY OF THIS FOR THESE COME FROM “THE FATHER OF ALL LIES"… SATAN! God's Answer To The Evil One and His Lies: The helmet of salvation is God’s answer to all of it: It is not merely the moment you were saved; it is the ongoing protection that comes from being saved, and from being who you are in Christ. When you “take” the helmet, you actively choose to let God’s truth guard your thoughts: I am f...

  The Shield That Stops Satan's Fire “In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.” — Ephesians 6:16 IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS As we continue this series where we put on the armor of God, to clothe ourselves in Jesus Christ, in order for us to be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power, and as we do this to be able to stand against the Devil’s schemes, the Apostle Paul tells us we need to add a really vital part to our spiritual armor , if we want to defeat Satan in his primary scheme: After all,  “He is a liar, and he is the father of all lies, and when he lies he speaks his native language.” {John 8:44c} Therefore, we need to add “The Shield of Faith.” Then we are empowered to stop Satan's fire. Faith is not passive. Paul doesn’t say, “Hold on to faith somewhere nearby.” He says, "take it up! Lift it! Raise it! Use it!" Yes! We choose to walk in faith! In the Roman world, a soldier’s...

  🌿 Empowered To Walk The Walk & Talk The Talk: Ephesians 6:15 — “Stand firm… with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.” As we continue to examine being "clothed in Christ," It seems there’s something striking about Paul’s imagery in this verse of Holy Scripture. When he describes the armor of God, he doesn’t skip the feet. Indeed, in battle, unprotected or unstable feet meant vulnerability. A soldier who couldn’t stand, couldn’t fight. Here we learn some of God's plan to actually walk out our faith, as He gives us the stuff to be enough, and He graces us to walk the walk and talk the talk. Paul says our stability—our ability to stand firm in the LORD—comes from being grounded in the gospel of peace . Not just knowing it, but being ready with it. The gospel, provides peace with God and it equips us to win the spiritual warfare against the evil forces of wickedness located in the Heavenly dimension. The Gospel of Peace gives us tr...

  Stand Firm then ... with the breast plate of righteousness in place. Ephesians 6:14b As we continue looking at how to clothe ourselves in Christ, by putting on the Armor of God, we now come to a very important part of our spiritual clothing that gives us grace to “Be strong in the Lord, and in His mighty power.” And it also gives us the power to “stand against the Devil’s schemes.” After determining to walk in THE Truth, by committing ourselves to the truth by putting on the belt of truth. We now come the highly important “breast plate of righteousness.” And it’s all about standing firm , as we put on the belt of truth, and now, “the breast plate of righteousness."" There is a reason Paul begins the armor of God with the command to "STAND"  as we go out to face each day, before we advance, before we attempt anything —we are told simply to plant our feet. Stability comes before victory. We stand in the truth. We stand in righteousness, the breastplate of righteo...

"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist…" (Ephesians 6:14a) When we get dressed, and clothe ourselves in Christ, or when we put on the “Armor of God,” we begin with THE Truth, and it is pictured here as a belt—something that secures and holds everything together. Just as a soldier’s belt kept their armor in place, the truth stabilizes the Christ follower’s life. Jesus is “THE WAY, THE Truth and THE Life.” Without truth, “or without Jesus, everything else becomes loose and vulnerable. We wear “THE TRUTH” when we live by TRUTH, when we are guided and governed by “The Word of Truth;" additionally, The “SPIRIT of Truth” ( Holy Spirit)gives us power to walk in The TRUTH. Finally, when we adhere to Jesus’s teachings, or when we assimilate them into our lives, we become delivered from bondage to sin and death. (See John 8:31-36)  Jesus makes us truly FREE! Dealing with The Liar Jesus described Satan as “a liar, and the father of ALL lies.” He went...

" Therefore , put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand you ground, and after you have done everything stand — Ephesians 6:13 Therefore: “Therefore,” tells us to look back at what we have already considered: So, if we want to remain standing throughout the struggle, go back and visit our two last blogs. Here’s is what we need to do:  We want to be able to stand against the Devil’s schemes. We want to know who our enemies really are. We want to be sure to fight the right enemies in the ongoing spiritual warfare for which God gives us the weaponry that we need. We want to “be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power,” by putting on the full armor of God (Or clothing ourselves in Christ — Romans 13:11-14. What Is Next? Now here is what we are guided to do if we want to be overcomers. “Put on the full armor of God , so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, stand.” G...