Ephesians: The Armor for the Fight of Our Lives (Part 5) | Armor of God - Video

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Sermon Text: Ephesians 6:17 Sermon Date: 8/25/2024 Speaker: Brian Crawford . Check us out at: https://citylightvicksburg.org/ Or check us out here: https://www.facebook.com/citylightvicksburg . Aug 25, 2024 Sermon Notes Ephesians 6:17 If you can’t protect your head, you can’t protect anything. The Roman helm was mostly carried, and not worn at all times. Putting on the helm typically marked the beginning of battle. When the lord saves you, it’s this point in your life which the battle actually begins. The helm of salvation is to protect your mind. Satan often begins his attacks on us (attempting to poison our souls) by attacking our thoughts, and by attempting to diminish what we think about salvation. Salvation is protection from our past - Satan will attempt to deploy our past to get us to doubt. “No way God can save you or someone like you, given everything behind you.” “Your salvation is not real.” “Eventually you’ll go back.” However, in the midst of our lives, when we wear the helm, we are to remind ourselves of the truth of the Gospel - there is therefore now, no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. Your union with Christ frees us from our past. Salvation is protection from present - we will be pressed in our life that we cannot be free from sin. But, we now have the mind to say no. Before Christ, we couldn’t say no. The work of salvation has freed us from sins power. Now we have the power to say no. And we should say no. Instead of looking at sin; look at the one who freed us. Remind yourself - in Christs death, I have been freed from sin, and Christ died to free me from it. Salvation is protection for the future - we are bombarded by the weight of what think we will encounter in the future. Why should we care when everything seems so terrible around us? Salvation introduces hope to our lives. We are walking toward an expected end. A joyous end! We wage war in our thoughts by reminding ourselves of what we have received by our Salvation in Christ Jesus! Lastly, we are given a Sword of the Spirit - which is the word of God. The only offensive weapon we have in our toolkit. The word used here is closer akin to a dagger, implying a close combat. Oftentimes God is described as his “word” as a weapon which dispenses justice. But in this verse; the “word” means “the proclaimed word.” Which means the Gospel. The good news. This sword is the weapon we wield to free others from the clutches of Satan. When we peach the truth to others, and use the sword of the spirit, we are fighting against the gates of hell, freeing captives.