46:Sword! of the Spirit

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ARMOR OF GOD SERIES

. . . and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God  (Ephesians 6:17b).

God is our Father, the One whose seed made all of us, the Progenitor.  God is the Son, Jesus Christ, who, in the beginning, was the Word who was with and is God (John 1:1)

Can we see the words we speak?  Can we touch them?  No, we can’t.  Therefore, words are not physical.  Our mothers warn us when we speak out of turn, usually in inhuman rage, “Be careful what you say . . . it will come back to you!” or “You better watch your mouth!”

Words are powerful because when spoken, they either create or destroy (Proverbs 18:21; James 3).  In the beginning, when the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters, God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light (Genesis 1:2-3).  And through Him, all things were made (John 1:3).  That “Light” God spoke into being shines in the darkness, but the darkness does not understand it (John 1:5; 12:35-36). 

The Word of God later became flesh and made His dwelling among us; the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.  Before Jesus was murdered on that Cross at Calvary, He told His disciples, “The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you . . . .” (Johh 14:26).

After His resurrection from Golgotha’s grave, He came to meet His disciples; and He breathed on them saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22).

God is the Holy Spirit and He leads us into all truth.  You see how we are back where we started when we put on our Belt of Truth? God’s ways are higher than man’s.  Just take a moment to meditate on this point about TRUTH.  Satan is a liar, the father of lies (John 8:44); and tries all kinds of deceitful, dubious ways to make man not trust in the power (or even believe in the existence) of the Holy Spirit.  His “wiles” or devices are to make man deviate from belief in true spiritual beings—especially the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit. 

There are too many atheists walking this earth now, just as there are billions of us worshiping dark deities of the occult and things “magical” and “astro-logical”.  Lukewarm and cold Christians have been added to this legion of unbelievers in the person of the Holy Spirit of God largely because they have never experienced the miraculous nature of the God of Truth.  Therefore, billions of human beings are living in a GREAT BIG LIE.  And it is the heart of God to send us who have His Holy Spirit living and breathing in us to execute that lie with the GREAT COMMISSION—which requires us to effectively wield His Sword of the Spirit.

Dear Christian, the Holy Spirit is reminding you that when you spoke the Prayer of Salvation, you were in-filled with God’s Holy Spirit.  But you must activate His Spirit in you by being and keep on being ablaze—HOT ON FIRE—for the work of God and living in the lifestyle of Christ.  It’s time to spark that fire in you slowly dying under the weight of this blinding world.  That weight is called the GREAT BIG LIE working 24/7/365 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the 365¼ of them in an earthly year) constantly blasting belittling bullets in wild efforts to break your conscience—your soul’s center for decision-making—into believing that GREAT BIG LIE.  That’s why the BELT OF TRUTH is a most necessary piece of Armor and the first piece of God’s Armor you are to put on.  It keeps you centered, in balance, unshakable, and impossible to sway to the left and right as you walk this life’s journey on the straight and narrow way.

This intentionally vicious onslaught of debilitating lies about who Christ and the Holy Spirit are is to shut up the mouth of the Holy Spirit-filled Christian, so that he or she will not speak out and clearly shout the Word of God which is easily available to all of us because it is written in over 200 human languages and has been made digital, audio and visual—THE BIBLE.

Get HOT and stay HOT, Christian Soldier, speaking with all boldness the promises of God so magnificently illustrated throughout the entire scripture from Genesis (I will bless those who bless you . . . 12:3) to Revelation (And they overcame him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb and by the [spoken] word of their testimony . . . 12:11).

The evil darts of the Enemy requires Holy Spirit fire to quench all of them, to put them out of the lives of the believer.  So make men believers by wielding your Sword! THE SWORD is Armor of God.  THE HOLY SPIRIT is the Weapon.  That weapon is the power in God’s Word spoken by your tongue which is living and active.  Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges thoughts and attitudes of the heart (Hebrews 4:12, NIV) taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5).

SPEAK NOW: “SATAN, GET THEE BEHIND ME!  I’VE GOT WORK TO DO!” And every day, in every way, promise God that you will SPEAK THE PROMISES OF GOD into your life and into the lives of others living around you.

MARCH ON, BOLD WARRIOR OF GOD, AND REAP THE HARVEST OF SAVE SOULS!  AMEN.

This is not all to the Armor of God.  There is one more essential component which completes God’s Armory.  Let’s prepare for the power of His protection is the next blog.

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