The Whole Armor of God

King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: The Whole Armor of God
Date: Saturday October 22, 2011
Chapters: Luke 4-5
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“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 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, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;” - Ephesians 6:11-18.

The word armor is defined as defensive arms, any habit (clothing) worn to protect the body in battle, formerly called a harness. The second a person accepts Jesus Christ as their Savior they are at war with Satan and the battle begins. Since we are under constant attack it is important that we put on the whole armor of God, leave any part off, even for a second and the devil will creep his way in and before you know it you are doubting yourself and sometimes even God. As we place each part of His armor upon us, the breastplate of righteousness, the Gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit, Jesus clothes us with His protection, only then can we be armed and ready for Satan's attack and be able to defeat him.

Everyone is subject to Satan, in fact, the closer you get to God you can be sure Satan is right there too. The good news is that God only allows Satan to mess with us so much and it only happens periodically, God will never allow Satan to tempt us beyond our capabilities. Yes, even Satan lives in subjection to God, but that does not stop him from trying to get us to wreck our relationship with God. Jesus was no exception, Satan even tried to get Him to sin against God. How did Jesus overcome Satan? He put on the whole armor of God, every time Satan tempted Him He fought with His Sword..

“And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.” - Luke 4:3-13.

Of course, Jesus had to have been reading the Bible to know how to answer Satan, but guess what? Even Satan knows Scripture. The only way Jesus was able to resist temptation and overcome Satan was not only reading His Word, but living it. Not one person on earth has not had to face some kind of consequences because they trusted someone who knew Scripture and got burned from it. Our only defense is to get in the Bible ourselves and live it. You think it was easy for Jesus because He is the Son of God? It was not, while He was not born with the sin nature that we are, He still has the flesh we have and is just as capable of committing sin as we are. In fact, until He received the Holy Ghost after being baptized He had the human nature that we all had. Every person born of flesh and blood is capable of committing sin, but God always gives us a way to escape temptation. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” - I Corinthians 10:13.

During His earthly ministry, every Sabbath Jesus would go into the Synagogues and preach. Can you imagine having Jesus as your preacher? This time He was in His home town of Nazareth, He read and preached from the Book of Isaiah (Esaias).

“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?..And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.” -Luke 4:16-22,28,29.

Jesus was rejected by the very people He grew up with as a child, teenager, and young man. Why was He rejected? God's Word. Jesus was speaking the truth and they did not want to hear it. God's Word, when spoken truthfully, is so powerful that no weapon can defeat it. It cuts right through the flesh and goes deep down into the soul to convict and put every sinner to shame. “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” - Hebrews 4:12.

While many rejected His preaching some followed Him just to hear it, this time Jesus got into a ship and began to preach off the shore of the lake of Gennesaret. “And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake...When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord...And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.” - Luke 5:1-6,8,11.

Those who gladly receive Christ gladly receive His Word, amazingly, some Christians do not want to receive His Word. I came across this website to join a Christian community forum, one of the rules was that you were not allowed to speak of current disasters/events as if they were of God. Everything is of God, and everything in the Bible will come to pass, much of it already has, pretending that these things are not coming to pass and silencing those who do know the prophecies will not keep Jesus from returning. Jesus said Himself, “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” - Matthew 24:6-8. Wake up people! We can not keep ignoring God's Word! It is truth and it is coming to pass and if we do not put on God's whole armor we are deceiving ourselves and opening ourselves up for a lot of sorrow. While no one knows the hour that Jesus will come, we need to know that much of what we are facing in the world today is coming to pass.

Today's Prayer:
Dear God,
Lord, there are a lot of rumors out there, so many that we do not know what to believe, while we can not predict the return of Your Son we can be prepared. We can be prepared by putting on Your whole armor, we can walk in righteousness, we can live by faith, we can tell the Gospel to all we know, we can be assured of our salvation, and we can be armed by the truth of Your Word as we hear and receive Jesus Christ in our lives. Lord, prepare us, lead us, guide us, and give us Your power to withstand Satan and every other evil device that tries to pull us away from You. In Jesus' name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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