Let's Examine Your Battle Suit (Part 1)

Hi everyone,

I once wrote that many times we give the devil powers he doesn’t have. For instance, some of us think the devil attacks us and gives us sickness and other infirmities, but the devil doesn’t have the power to create, therefore he cannot even create sickness, we are the one who gets deceived by the devil and affirm what isn’t true into our lives and it becomes a reality. Now, don’t look at me saying “don’t you know how serious it is, the devil brought this upon us.” And I’ll say, nope, the devil can’t and will never be able to create sickness now that Jesus made a public shame of him (devil) (ref.: Colossians 2:15).

However, the devil can take hold of not living things, like his demons entering them to do devious things. His demons can also get in an unsaved soul, but then again he can’t force himself into the life of the unsaved, surprising isn’t it? He is a weak idiot. The best he’s got is to deceive, but even with that, he is really good at that especially with the fact that we were born to meet the world in a mess, and we called it normal, this is what the devil uses to deceive us, as we are not used to the true life of Christ, as everything around, is abnormal and is getting worse by the second. Therefore, we must be very careful, by meditating on the word of God and being guided by the Holy Spirit.

Now, in standing our foot on who we have become by being transformed into the life of Jesus, thus having His Spirit, we need to take up the whole armour of God. Ephesians 6:13 says, “Therefore take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” The armour of God is to help us to withstand in the evil day and still stand afterwards. So, I would be taking the parts of the armour and explain them one after the other.

Ephesians 6:14a says, “Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth.” So, what is the waist of truth? There is a word we received in our soul that convicted us away from this evil world. This word of truth we heard is about Truth Himself—Jesus. The Holy Spirit, therefore, is the one who strengthens us in difficult times like this, He is the one who leads us through the path of righteousness.

The word of truth becomes our personal integrity and moral courage, what we fastened on us, as that is where we stand, and in so doing, when we go through trials and temptation, we remember the word of truth as that which is the only truth, not as being religious, but as that which is true that we are confident about, as are being led by the Holy Spirit, who I said uses the word of truth to lead us through the path of righteousness, which coincidentally is the second path of the whole armour of God. As Ephesians 6:14b says, “having put on the breastplate of righteousness.” This I would look into tomorrow.

Do not forget, we need the whole armour of God, not some parts of the whole armour of God to withstand in the evil day and the word of truth is just one of them. Log on tomorrow as I continue in explaining the whole armour of God.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

 

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)