Biblical Principles Applied > Walking with Christ

The beginning of summer is a great time to renew our commitment to staying focused on our mission. Those reading this blog want to be able to look back into the rear view mirror of this summer, and be able to say, as Paul did about his life: THE GLORIOUS FIGHT THAT GOD GAVE ME TO FIGHT I HAVE FOUGHT. I have not been so busy with civilian life that I forgot to report for duty. This episode looks at WHY Paul was able to say that about his own life, i.e. how Paul was able to stay focused on his mission, so we can learn have to make the most of our mission from him this summer.

This episode continues to consider very real spiritual battles that we men have to fight every day. When I look at the words Paul used to describe our opponents, cosmic powers over this present darkness, the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms, this stark reality brings fear to my heart. This sobering reality helps explain why Christians aren’t more sanctified and having more influence in the world. Since we have to fight THOSE POWERS, just trying hard won’t work. We need to understand what the spiritual armor of Christ is and what it means to be it on.

Have you ever considered that in only the third chapter of the whole Bible, human beings are taught that we have a spiritual enemy who hates us and constantly seeks to lead us down a path to destruction—i.e. rebellion against God. In fact, we don’t have just one spiritual enemy but a whole host of them! Paul writes, We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. The only way to overpower this enemy is by using the spiritual resources that are ours in Christ. One of these is called the belt of truth. This episode explains what it means, practically, to put on this piece of spiritual armor.