Ephesians 6:13

"Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]." Ephesians 6:13

Fellow Soldiers... we are going to pull some threads tied to verses all through Paul's instructions thus far... forward, into the use and placement of these pieces of armor he is talking about. "Therefore", kinda sounds like "thread forward", if that will help us to remember this as we get into these next few verses. We are going to pull threads that tie "All" of the training we've learned to help us "suit-up now, in this armor. You will see how wonderful this will all come together. You see, we're not pretending to put on anything... The armor is in YOU... CLOTHED IN CHRIST AND ARMED WITH INSTRUCTION, SEALED IN FAITH.

Paul points out, that we are to put on "the complete armor"... Remember faith is in the belief of all of God's instruction, so the complete armor will require all this instruction put together. It won't be that hard to achieve... you'll see. And then he says, "that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger]". We live in an evil day... it was evil when Paul wrote this and we are still in the period referred to here as 'the evil day.

Finally, Paul's says, "having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]". I really love the Amplified translation here. What all has the crisis we experienced today demanded of us... "spiritually speaking"? That's one of the things we will look at in the days ahead. Amen?

Let's pick up with Ephesians verse 6:14 next time.

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