Tuesday 4/6/13

Ephesians 6:17 ESV

and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

The last two pieces of the spiritual armor of God for our spiritual battle is the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.

The helmet is to protect our head. Without it, any attack that strikes our head will critically injure us. Modern soldiers no longer wear armor because bullets are too strong to block, but they still wear helmet. Similarly, salvation, the thought that we are saved from sins and now have eternal life in God, guard our mind from the evils' scheme. The expected eternal joy of heaven gives us strength to endure the temporal tribulations in this evil world. As long as we keep the thought of salvation in our mind, the temptations and trials of this world can only harm our earthly body but not our soul.

The sword is our weapon to attack. It slashed through and destroy our enemies. Our battle is in spirit, so we must fight using spiritual sword - the Word of God. God usually compares His Word to a sword which cut through the confusing mess to split good from evil. Grounded on the Word of God, we can see right from wrong, discern evil from good and expose the trap the evils laid. The Word of God helps us walk in the right path and stay away from evils so we can have spiritual victory & win souls for Him.