Armour

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In Eph. 6:1111Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (Ephesians 6:11), we are told to “put on the whole armor” (or panoply) of God. It is spiritual armor and consists of five defensive and one offensive part. The whole and each part speaks to us of Christ—the whole Rom. 13:1414But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. (Romans 13:14); the girdle of truth, John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6); the breastplate of righteousness, Jer. 23:66In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jeremiah 23:6); the gospel of peace, Eph. 2:1414For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; (Ephesians 2:14): the shield of faith Psa. 28:77The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. (Psalm 28:7); the helmet of salvation, Pa. 17:1; the sword of the spirit, Rev. 19:1313And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13). The armor of light (Rom. 13:1212The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. (Romans 13:12)) is much the same as the armor of (practical) righteousness (2 Cor. 6:77By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, (2 Corinthians 6:7)) of which the weapons or arias are our members (Rom. 6:1313Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. (Romans 6:13), margin). These arms are not to fight the flesh (which is dead, and is to be counted so by faith) but the devil and every form of spiritual wickedness.