The FULL Armour of God, Its Start to Finish

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.”

• This is written to all the brothers and sisters in Christ in The Church for all ages — Ephesians was written as a “Cyclical Epistle” to be read to all the churches [footnote 1 to be added]...
• It is “not by might nor power, but by My Spirit says the Lord” Zechariah 4:6
• It’s HIS MIGHT we need so badly to contend with the opposition which is named, below

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

• Whole (Complete, Full Armor, leaving none of its necessary components missing)
• Why? That we might stand against the wiles (schemes, carefully prepared strategies against The Beloved Church and Bride of Jesus Christ (The Bride Wears Combat Protection graciously earned for us as The Inheritance of Christ, by The Distributed Inheritance of Christ, to all men and women, sons and daughters)
• The devil is too strong for us to contend with on our own without God’s Might and without God’s Armor. He is too crafty, a fallen arch angel, God’s enemy and the enemy of His creation and possession, for surely, as Luther says, “without God the devil would have surely already overpowered us all” (Footnote to follow)

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

• We can’t fight spirits with fleshly weapons. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, not of flesh and blood, but MIGHTY through GOD for the tearing down of the above (2 Cor 5).
• Once more, this is a strategic kingdom of darkness ruked by the devil himself, with generals, officers and other ancient foes, “whose craft and power are great / armed with cruel hate” (Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”).

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day,

• Seems like it should be common sense but commin sense dictates the exact opposite of spiritual truth

And having done all, to stand.

• The opposite of falling down or surrendering, kneeling to the enemies attack and strategy — this is his actual goal (Whole Book of Job Chapters 1-42).

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth,

• Thy Word is Truth (Jn 17:17, Ps 119:160)
• Jesus said, “It is WRITTEN” when combating this opponent— as well as to the Pharisees... Surely no slave is above his Master and we ought to follow His example, Jesus & Peter say
• Do we spend time memorizing His Word and apply it? Just a question...

Having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

• Righteousness shoukd be called God’s Righteous, since it is His gift
• Pauk repeatedly says God’s rightousness is a gift given by recognizing God’s way of making people righteous by the way He prophesied about for years — that a LAMB woukd shed it’ blood to let the guilty go free, so death might passover that person
• that a Messiah would come from a virgin, from the line of Judah, Bethlehem exactly
• God made Jesus who knew NO SIN to BE MADE SIN ON OUR BEHALF, that we might be made THE RIGHTOUSNESS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH (2 Cor 5:21)
• This righteousness is no dead faith but shows itself with proof, fruit, gifts, wisdom, holiness & power — The Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk,Paul says.

and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6:10-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Ephesians 6:10-20 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against fl | New King James Version (NKJV)

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against fl

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[Alpinist]

Jesus promise is that He will never leave us nor forsake us. Taking the whole armor or God is to obey His word and do what He told us to do.

 

[Muani]

Amen. Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Rhinsenilor]

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.”

• This is written to all the brothers and sisters in Christ in The Church for all ages — Ephesians was written as a “Cyclical Epistle” to be read to all the churches [footnote 1 to be added]...
• It is “not by might nor power, but by My Spirit says the Lord” Zechariah 4:6
• It’s HIS MIGHT we need so badly to contend with the opposition which is named, below

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

• Whole (Complete, Full Armor, leaving none of its necessary components missing)
• Why? That we might stand against the wiles (schemes, carefully prepared strategies against The Beloved Church and Bride of Jesus Christ (The Bride Wears Combat Protection graciously earned for us as The Inheritance of Christ, by The Distributed Inheritance of Christ, to all men and women, sons and daughters)
• The devil is too strong for us to contend with on our own without God’s Might and without God’s Armor. He is too crafty, a fallen arch angel, God’s enemy and the enemy of His creation and possession, for surely, as Luther says, “without God the devil would have surely already overpowered us all” (Footnote to follow)

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

• We can’t fight spirits with fleshly weapons. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, not of flesh and blood, but MIGHTY through GOD for the tearing down of the above (2 Cor 5).
• Once more, this is a strategic kingdom of darkness ruked by the devil himself, with generals, officers and other ancient foes, “whose craft and power are great / armed with cruel hate” (Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”).

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day,

• Seems like it should be common sense but commin sense dictates the exact opposite of spiritual truth

And having done all, to stand.

• The opposite of falling down or surrendering, kneeling to the enemies attack and strategy — this is his actual goal (Whole Book of Job Chapters 1-42).

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth,

• Thy Word is Truth (Jn 17:17, Ps 119:160)
• Jesus said, “It is WRITTEN” when combating this opponent— as well as to the Pharisees... Surely no slave is above his Master and we ought to follow His example, Jesus & Peter say
• Do we spend time memorizing His Word and apply it? Just a question...

Having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

• Righteousness shoukd be called God’s Righteous, since it is His gift
• Pauk repeatedly says God’s rightousness is a gift given by recognizing God’s way of making people righteous by the way He prophesied about for years — that a LAMB woukd shed it’ blood to let the guilty go free, so death might passover that person
• that a Messiah would come from a virgin, from the line of Judah, Bethlehem exactly
• God made Jesus who knew NO SIN to BE MADE SIN ON OUR BEHALF, that we might be made THE RIGHTOUSNESS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH (2 Cor 5:21)
• This righteousness is no dead faith but shows itself with proof, fruit, gifts, wisdom, holiness & power — The Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk,Paul says.

and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6:10-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Ephesians 6:10-20 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against fl | New King James Version (NKJV)

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against fl

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God is only our Father who cares for us all thro , what ever the challenges comes on our way, we will always remain the winners in Jesus Name.