INSTALLMENT 7: ARMOR AND WARFARE

Ephesians 6:  ¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:


Today, I want to take a look at the next piece of armor and weaponry that God gives us-the helmet of salvation.


The helmet was a vital piece of protective gear. The moment someone determined if they covered the brain and the vital areas of the head a distinctive advantage was obtained in battle. Even when men were throwing rocks at one another, a head shot was disruptive and deadly.


The helmet of salvation is protection for the believer and represents the knowledge that we are saved and redeemed by the blood of Jesus. The realization of what lengths God went to in order to bring us in relationship with Himself is awesome. According to the scripture in Romans 3:10-12, we are all in the same condition-SIN. When we talk about the sin condition we aren't talking about "sins". Those are the individual acts that are a result of the sin condition. When we are under the curse of the sin condition, even good deeds are sinful in God's sight. Remember the scripture we covered in an earlier session? Isa. 64:6 says that our own righteousness is like filthy rags in the sight of God. Therefore, we are stuck and in a hopeless state as long as we are left to our own devices. But God had a different plan for us. A plan to pull us up out of this hopeless sinful state and set our feet on the solid Rock-Jesus. While we were yet in our sinful condition, He sent Christ to die on our behalf. Love doesn't get any better than that. 


Sin creates a debt sheet that cannot be balanced with our own resources. We needed a bailout and the only One who could purchase our debt and set us in the free and clear was Jesus Christ, the sinless perfect Lamb of God. The Lord in His mercy and grace came down on behalf of a people who had rejected Him and His way. He gave Himself for us, not out of obligation, but out of nothing but pure unconditional love. He offers us salvation as a free gift. We can't earn it, we can't buy it, we just have to receive it. WHAT AN AWESOME THING IS THE LOVE OF GOD.


When we receive the gift of salvation, our whole world should change. The greatest thing in life is that can step out of the darkness and into the marvelous light of our God. When we know how much God loved us it should give us great confidence to do battle against an enemy set on destroying every aspect of our lives. The word says "let this mind be in you, even the mind of Christ." We can have the thought process of the Lord Himself. As we stand and do battle, the strategies of the Lord become our strategies and we start to see one victory after another until the enemy shakes at the presence of the Anointed One in our lives. 


The knowledge of His love and salvation present in our lives is awesome protection from the accusations of Satan and his demonic forces. The power of God covering our mind allows us to fight without distraction. Our peace of mind is not like the world's peace. It is supernatural and helps us to give God glory in each and every circumstance or situation that life holds for us. I remember a T-shirt with a saying on it that sums it up.

NO JESUS, NO PEACE!! KNOW JESUS, KNOW PEACE!!

So, stand in the knowledge of your salvation and fight with great peace. Just sayin'....