To Wear the Whole Armor of God

In today's time religion in the military has grown very strong verses just 5/6 yrs ago. Before the Iraq War, religion was hardly ever noticed or spoken out generally. I find that amazing. Being a true believer and follower of God, to see so many people turn to him in the time of War. Did people not know that there is a war going on constantly? We are fighting against the principalities of this world. If you read Ephesians 6:12 it reads,"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places". What this means is this. These who are not "flesh and blood" are demons over whom Satan has control. They are not mere fanasies-they are very real. We face a powerful army whose goal is to defeat Christ's church. When we believe in Christ and join his church, these beings become our enemies, and they try every device to turn us away from Christ and back to sin. Although we are assured of victory, we must engage in the

struggle until Chris comes, because Satan is constantly battling against all who are on the Lord's side. We need supernatural power to defeat Satan, and God has provided that in his Holy Spirit within us and his armor surrounding us. If you feel discouraged, remember Jesus' words to Peter; "Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. So this war were physically fighting, it has been going on since birth. If we continue to learn to wear the whole armor of God; the breastplate, that protec ts our hearts, the shoes; gives us the motivation to continue to proclaim the true peace which is available in God, the shield of faith protects us from Satani's flaming arrows; the helmet,protects our minds from doubting God's saving work for us, and the Sword, the ony weapon of offense in this list of armor. There are times when we needto take the offensive against Satan. So you see, we as humans have been at war our entire lives. Once we master how to wear and use the whole armor of God, we will live in peace.

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