Armor of God

Ephesians 6:10

1) What are all of the main ideas/concepts/points in this passage?  WHAT IS PAUL SAYING?  Paraphrase each verse or section in your own words.

Our enemy are not people

the real struggle, fight is not against one another

those outside the church don’t know it but their struggle is also against the authorities, and powers, spiritual forces --- should give us great compassion

move from mutual submission, now he talks about being strong, this is where you take your stand

spirtual forces of evil, the devil’s schemes, does not give us all the details, but we need to help people make sense of this

heavy lift for people in our context, build a bridge for people, wickedness is a product of people but there is more to it than that, don’t over spiritualize

maybe a stretch, submission and mutual submission, refusing to fight worldly battles in the worldly way, using the armor of God is an act of submission by taking off the worldy ways to protect and battle and putting on the armor of God

get verse 12 right and rest should fall into place

stand our ground, stand firm

pray in the spirit, prayer is an act of submission to the Lord

prayer is a key aspect of all this

you shall not pass kind of aspect here

Paul’s request to be fearless, writing from prison in Rome not knowing if this is the end for him or not

expectation that the body of Christ together is fighting the spiritual realm together, engaged not with the same weapons and armor as the world but engaging in but there is no other option

Christian nationalism is not the answer

we don’t fight the battles the world fights, we don’t use the weapons that world uses

political power,

2) What are the important background details that contribute to understanding the passage? (Historical, situational, context, etc)

3) What are the key questions it answers or issues it is addressing for the Ephesians?

4) How are those questions/issues similar to what we face today? (Uncovered Tension)

5) What is the ONE main point we should be highlighting?