Monday 3 August 2020

The Helmet and the Sword

It’s a brand new happy week everyone,

And today I would be looking at the Helmet and the Sword, still in the whole armour of God. So, I would take a look at Ephesians 6:17 which says, “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” The helmet is used to protect the head and is called the helmet of salvation because your thoughts happen in your head. Salvation is what Jesus gave us when He died on the cross, as we became free from the bondage of the evil one. The salvation we received came with a package of a brand new life which I have been writing on for days now.

So, in order to function with the salvation given to us, we need to know we have salvation, and this has to do with our thoughts which play in our head. We first have head knowledge before having heart knowledge. Once you don’t know you are saved, you cannot meditate, to prevent this, you need to guard your head against the evil one bringing lies to your thoughts, but how will you do that?

You can’t just say to the devil’s lies attacking your thought “it’s a lie, it’s a lie”, naah, it can’t work that way. Remember, the evil guy is a schemer, so, tackling this and allow your helmet of salvation to sit properly, you need to talk back to the lies with an authority greater than the lies the devil brings, and even more powerful than your ordinary words, and what is that? The sword of the Spirit!

The sword of the Spirit is the word of God, it nullifies every attack of the devil as you confess the truth, which is who you have become right now in Christ Jesus. You make use of the authority given to you by Jesus, and it is only found in the word of God.

The shield of faith quenches all the fiery darts of the devil as it signifies the life of Jesus in you which you received and accepted, but the word of God expresses the power and authority by using the word of God.

The devil tempted Jesus, His Spirit rejected it, which is the shield of faith, but He spoke back to the devil using the word of God, which is the sword of the Spirit, and the devil fled.

When Apostle James said we should resist the devil and he will flee from you, (ref.: James 4:7), it cannot be complete without the use of the sword of the Spirit. The word of God is not mere words, it is alive, like a person in the form of words. This is much deeper than books we read of people, the word is the person Himself—Jesus. However, Jesus should be our focus as we search the scriptures because the devil attacks our identity, and we now know that Jesus is our new identity, but the devil doesn’t want us to harness its full capacity.

The devil knows who is boss, and will always flee when the sword of the Spirit is used. But we need to know, how to use the sword effectively, and verse 18 of Ephesians 6 continued saying, “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and for all the saints.”

Prayer is a communing with God, and this strengthens our use of the whole armour of God. But many people pray and don’t see anything they prayed for as regards the use of the whole armour of God. I would identify where some get it wrong in their prayer life even after keeping vigil. Log on tomorrow, as I identify issues in our prayer life.

 

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!

                                          

Log on next time.

 

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

 


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