The Armor Of God – The Word Series

The Armor of God – The Word – Teaching

(I suggest watching the videos and checking the links before you teach, so you’ll know. If you want to show the videos and lengthen this study to a few weeks, God bless, you can do that!)

Really quickly: Who has started doing communion at home? …. Did you notice a difference?

It’s life changing when you start inviting the Lord to eat with you. There seems to be a difference in the atmosphere and flow of the evening. Next up, invite him to watch tv with you. Just look straight ahead and smile.

Ephesians 6:17 NKJV

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

The Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God. I think we all understand what the Sword of the Spirit is and that the greater measure of the Word in our hearts, the bigger the sword we can wield. I think it’s self-explanatory, if you have no Word in you, you have no sword. I want you to understand the Bible itself isn’t your prayer suit sword, like put it in your hand and swing it around to scare the devil. It’s the Word in your heart that is your Sword.

Most often we hear opinions on which piece is offensive, which piece is defensive, and which are both. I’m here to say, it doesn’t matter. Each piece can be used in different ways. We went over this in the intro. In a desperate time of prayer, no one cares or even thinks about offensive and defensive pieces. Years ago, I tried to get an ex-drug dealer saved. He was chatty about his past and said that when he realized a fight was about to happen, he would start with a surprise headbutt to their face. Why can’t we do that to the devil? “I’m saved! *headbutt* Haha devil!” All jokes aside, the most important point of the sword is to see how Jesus used it in Matthew chapter 4 NKJV when he was tempted:

4But He answered and said, “It is written…

7Jesus said to him, “It is written again…

10Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written…

It is written. It is written. It is written! That’s the sword at work as a weapon. Opening your mouth and speaking it out loud. Remember, faith comes by hearing and the Word out of your own mouth is hearing!

The size of the sword depends on you. If you use your sword or not, that also depends on you. It’s our job to read through the Word, looking, memorizing, and praying to discover the mysteries of God that are hidden. We’re treasure hunters, seeking the hidden treasures in the Word. How many treasures you find is also up to you! You might be wondering why, “Why did God hide them?” Well, do we go up to a stranger and tell them every deep intimate detail about us or are those things reserved for your closest friends? Besides, if He laid everything out, you’d be bored out of your mind reading the same thing over and over through the years.

The Book of Revelations is the biggest example we have of mystery. Every ten years, interpretation changes drastically! Back in the 80s they used to depict the mark of the beast as a 666 tattoo and show a cashier checking your 666 tat. In the 90s, they started saying it was something to do with computers. They began depicting it as a scan barcode on hand and forehead. By the early 2000s, we knew it was a chip under the skin. Now Christians are thinking it’s an implanted chip in the hand and/or head that connects people to a computer. We know they’ll track people’s whereabouts, and also be connected to a digital banking system. There won’t be a need for a cashier, because they’ll take your digital money as you walk by. They already have technology available, but that’s not what we’re talking about today! We were looking at how the Word stayed the same, but how our interpretation changed. There are mysteries in the Word, and there is revelation knowledge waiting to come alive in your spirit hidden in the Word. We’ll go over a couple of them today, but first we’ll close the series with this thought…

Just like every piece in our armor, it all depends on us and how much we want the things of God. In this series we learned the Armor of God is God’s Armor on us. It’s made so that we can look like Him, and do battle His way, in prayer. I believe when we’re fully suited up in our armor, using it as a mighty prayer weapon, that’s where the miraculous results will take place.