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The Believer’s Warfare
Message 8
The Shield of Faith
Me:
“In addition”
There is a change in the kind of armor.
Our first three – Belt (Truth) Breastplate (Righteousness) Shoes (Gospel)
These are my constant companion – Truth Righteousness Gospel
Verse 16 there is a change
Shield of faith – Helmet of Salvation – Sword of the Spirit
We put these things on when going into battle.
Let’s discover the meaning of the “shield of faith”
We:
The Shield of Faith
Image
As you can see this shield is designed to protect the whole body.
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These where the front-line soldiers
They would stand side by side
Behind them stood the archers
In battle the soldiers are protect from the arrows and spears of the enemy
The enemy would dip their arrows in pitch set it on fire and cause great damage to their opponent.
The Roman shield could protect the soldier from these flaming arrows
You can see the image here
Satan fires his arrows at the believer
Without the shield of faith we become vulnerable to the enemies attacks
“The highway of life is strewn with the wreckage of Christians who never discovered how to combat “the wicked one.”’
We want our shield of faith
What is it and how do we get?
God:
Faith
Let’s get a definition
We all have some measure of faith
We have faith that the beams of this building are going to hold up.
But we all know that building collapse
So I have sowed some seeds of doubt.
But I doubt that any will leave because you have faith it will stand
Faith in the gospel
1.
We must have faith to please 2. This faith is built on the belief that God exists
I call this “saving faith”
It’s putting total trust in Jesus as your Savior
You believe that Jesus was crucified, buried, resurrected, ascended into heaven.
You believe that you must obey the bible
You believe that bible is the very words of God.
You are looking forward to the Jesus’ return
You believe that what God promises He will keep those promises
You believe that when Jesus said he will never leave you or forsake you that it was true.
You believe the gospel the good news of Jesus Christ your Savior.
This building will not last a 1000 years but Jesus’ promise will
You
Flaming missiles
These are the temptation we face
We often face these moment by moment
“Satan continually bombards God’s children with temptations to immorality, hatred, envy, anger, covetousness, pride, doubt, fear, despair, distrust, being dishonest, and every other sin.”
Satan tempted Adam and Eve to doubt God
Every temptation, directly or indirectly, is the temptation to doubt and distrust God.
It’s also the “calling” we ignore.
God has a ministry for each and every believer
Does Jesus want you to start a quiet time pray more be faithful?
Has Jesus put a ministry on your heart?
Is Jesus calling you to speak to your neighbor coworker friend
How are you doubting God?
What standards are you minimizing?
What lies are you believing?
Just imagine:
Take your shield of faith
Friendship with God
You have your shield
You feel the arrows thudding your shield
An old habit or sin or hang up or hurt (Something you think you cannot do without)
You can trust God and you can defeat that lie.
Take up your shield
Put a stake in the ground
You shall not pass
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