MY NEED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS (5 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Ephesians 6:14
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My Need for Righteousness (5 of 5)
Series: Spiritual Warfare
Scott Maze
Ephesians 6:14
Sgt. Steven McQueen of Charlie Company of First Battalion and 28th Infantry Regiment was recently shot in the head with a bullet from a machine gun. He was around twenty feet away from an insider attack in Afghanistan in 2018. An insider attack is when Taliban fighters pose as friendly Afghan national army or police officers and attack American and Afghan forces at close range. Again, Steven McQueen was shot in the head from just 20 feet and he should have been dead.
But I have good news to tell you: he lived to tell about it! Why is he alive? Because he had his helmet on; his helmet protected him. McQueen said, ''Before this incident, I thought the helmet was cumbersome, and it was overkill.'' ''I was sorely mistaken. This helmet works, and I'm a living testament to it.''
I've never been a solider but it's hard to overestimate the important of good armor in a battle. Ephesians 6 speaks about the invisible battle of spiritual warfare. Think of this section as a behind the scenes look at your life, it's the lifting of the curtain.
It was John Milton in his Paradise Lost that said, ''Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth; Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...'' The famous nurse Florence Nightingale said, ''Life is no holiday game ... but it is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed.''
Paul uses military language to equip for the invisible spiritual battle of life and death. Paul was in prison when he wrote the New Testament letter we called Ephesians. He would have viewed Roman soldiers constantly while in prison. In order to equip followers of Christ to battle satanic forces in spiritual warfare, Paul uses the equipment of a Roman soldier as a model. The soldier would have had a sword, a tunic, and special shoes to protect him among other equipment. A ...
Series: Spiritual Warfare
Scott Maze
Ephesians 6:14
Sgt. Steven McQueen of Charlie Company of First Battalion and 28th Infantry Regiment was recently shot in the head with a bullet from a machine gun. He was around twenty feet away from an insider attack in Afghanistan in 2018. An insider attack is when Taliban fighters pose as friendly Afghan national army or police officers and attack American and Afghan forces at close range. Again, Steven McQueen was shot in the head from just 20 feet and he should have been dead.
But I have good news to tell you: he lived to tell about it! Why is he alive? Because he had his helmet on; his helmet protected him. McQueen said, ''Before this incident, I thought the helmet was cumbersome, and it was overkill.'' ''I was sorely mistaken. This helmet works, and I'm a living testament to it.''
I've never been a solider but it's hard to overestimate the important of good armor in a battle. Ephesians 6 speaks about the invisible battle of spiritual warfare. Think of this section as a behind the scenes look at your life, it's the lifting of the curtain.
It was John Milton in his Paradise Lost that said, ''Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth; Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...'' The famous nurse Florence Nightingale said, ''Life is no holiday game ... but it is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed.''
Paul uses military language to equip for the invisible spiritual battle of life and death. Paul was in prison when he wrote the New Testament letter we called Ephesians. He would have viewed Roman soldiers constantly while in prison. In order to equip followers of Christ to battle satanic forces in spiritual warfare, Paul uses the equipment of a Roman soldier as a model. The soldier would have had a sword, a tunic, and special shoes to protect him among other equipment. A ...
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