The spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:10-20 ) The spiritual conflict is a struggle with God-given resources ( vv.13 -17) Because first we must receive the full armor of God and not fight with our own resources are powerless. The appropriate the armor should be done before you get the evil day, ie the time of special danger or crisis, which indicates the need to prepare for the fight and stand firm to the end. Girded your loins with truth ( 14). This phrase refers to the sincerity and integrity of the believer. When moving or bending deceptive spirit in our conduct , are an important gap for the enemy to enter and inflict a spiritual defeat and he knows our weaknesses. So it is important that the truth will always shine in the relations between Christians and the world . ( Trivia neighbor who asked me if we could fool ) . Put on the breastplate of righteousness ( 14). This shield was placed over the cloth that was wrapped around the soldier and served to protect the chest and abdomen injuries and possible is taken from Isaiah 59:17 . Righteousness is of character, not of justification by faith or imputed righteousness , but to the practice of justice , that is, of a righteous life that pleases God or moral justice , fidelity to Gods law . Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel ( 15). Our editors have put the parallel version in Isaiah 52:7 as interpreted by some as readiness to take the gospel to others , but the obvious sense according to the context is not it , but that relates to be firm. Therefore refers to the gospel for ourselves to be a primer ( a preparation to give consistency as starch ) convenient for our feet stand firm , ie we are fully confident of the gospel of peace in which we believed and we are not easily moved to our convictions , such as the Galatians . The shield of faith ( 16). This shield was not small enough to put in the forearm to advance the fight , but the large shield covering almost the entire body and behind which the soldier parapetaba to defend the fiery darts of the enemy who sent him . The shield is total faith in God, both objective ( apostolic doctrine ) and subjective ( the believers confidence in God) . The one leads to the other and if we loopholes devil attacks will dent us. The helmet of salvation (17 ) The helmet provides protection for the head and , therefore, indicates the safety of the final saved. The idea is the security it provides us salvation that we have received and will one day be complete when he, the Lord. In the absence of such certainty, the believer will be very busy and worried about his position and did not attend the orders of his Lord to fight. The sword of the Spirit ( 17). The sword in the original term is short , defense machete, no long two-edged sword of Rev. 1:16, this sword that the Spirit has placed in our hands , it is the word of God. Here it is not the whole of Scripture , but part of that appropriate for every occasion and we will use the same way you did when the Lord overcame the temptations of the devil. It is a struggle in prayer ( 18-20) Prayer is presented here as the necessary companion and forced both the appropriation of the armor and its use in the fight . If we follow the general metaphor of the passage in its military dimension , we realize the importance of maintaining open lines of communication with the supreme leader and the other contenders . The main features of prayer are here : Perseverance ( 18). Doing an activity once it costs us a lot, and persevere in something is more difficult. To stand firm in the fight we have to be persistent in prayer at all times . This does not mean that we should be praying 24 hours a day , because it uses kronos word but kairos means opportunity or occasion , ie , whenever required . Intercession (18-19) . Specifically the apostle asked to pray for all the saints who are involved in the fight and for him to preach the gospel , in this case , then, by all who are engaged in proclaiming the Gospel as ambassadors . Surveillance ( 18). The term ensuring echoes the words of the Lord to ensure associated with prayer to discern how to act at all times. Many battles in history have been lost by being careless sentries. Conclusion . The defensive spiritual warfare requires that we take the whole armor of God to stand firm in the victory Christ won for us.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:17:56 +0000
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