"Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. ”. (NLT) Ephesians 6: 17-18
Bible reading: Ephesians 6: 13-18
In Matthew 28: 19, Jesus told us that we can be His disciples only when we give ourselves to baptism. However that is just a ticket to entering the Kingdom. As a Disciple in the kingdom, we ought to be taught the kingdom rules. And as part of the rules we learn to fight the Christian battle.
Our commitment to the teachings of Christ and right living favors us before God. He then gives us his free gift of Salvation. In 2 Thessalonians 2: 13 we witness this truth (As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God CHOSE you to be among the first to experience salvation- a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the Truth). The child of God born of the Spirit must acknowledge daily this truth of the free gift of salvation. As we do this, we put on the HELMET OF SALVATION. This is how we protect our faith & thoughts from the attacks of the evil one.
Finally and not the least, we ought to TAKE THE WORD OF GOD AS A SWORD. For effective battling, our swords must be very sharp. God’s word is sharper than the sharpest double edge sword, cutting into every soul and spirit… (Hebrew 4: 12). It is able to destroy everything and anything. We only need to believe this. The verse 13 of Hebrew 4, says everything is naked before God. He knows the tactics of the devil so we have already won the battle if we do as He asks us.
The writer Tom Smith wrote the article: PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER. This is God’s final words to us as we go for Battle. Yes we have put in all that we need to do to survive but what make us winners in this battle are our Prayers for the other BELIEVERS. That is actually our BATTLE. Dearly beloved, let us stay alert and be persistent in our prayers for all believers everywhere.
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