Armour of God (1)

Sex, money and power! The enemy uses these three things to bring a leader and Gods children down. We can see this from the Bible: Eve was tempted and succumbed to it, King David was tempted and gave in to the temptation, Judas Iscariot was tempted with 30 pieces of silver and he betrayed Jesus. Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Spirit. These are a few examples from the Bible.

Ephesians 6: 10 - 17

We are engaged in a spiritual battle. Paul tells us to use every piece of God's armour to resist the devils attacks and to stand firm.

v 10: Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.
v11: Put on ALL of God's armour.

WHY? So that we will be able to stand against all the strategies of the devil.

We are not fighting against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. We face a powerful army whose goal is to defeat the Church. When we believe in Christ, the enemy tries every trick in the book and uses every device to try and turn us away from God.

Verses 10 - 14: STAND is mentioned 4 times. When in battle, we need to stand and not run away. Paul is not only giving counsel to the Church, the body of Christ, but to all individuals in the church. The whole body needs to be armed and as we fight, lets do so in the strength and power of the Holy Spirit.

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