Ephesians
6:17
"And
take the helmet of salvation*, and the sword of the
Spirit which is the word of God."
*our
whole process of thinking and believing it, taking it by faith. I
have to ask, why did Paul use the helmet for the figure of Salvation,
why not another part of armor? I think it is because of what we have
been saying, our mind from our birth is the field where Satan works
through our will, emotions, feelings, thoughts, imaginations,
opinions and a host of other physical things. It is here that we are
the weakest and most vulnerable, just look at the kids to day, they
have social diseases of all kinds and descriptions, which they try to
control with mind controlling drugs. Now we come to the only part of
all that’s listed which is a weapon. and what is it?
I
know we are all aware that when they came to arrest the Lord in the
garden, what did Peter draw and strike out with? A sword. We don’t
know if it’s still there or not, but when I was reading something a
gentlemen who wrote back in the 1800’s, he stated that at that time in Rome
there was a statue, supposedly of Paul, and it had on it's side this
little Roman sword. It was not the big long battle sword, but rather
what we would call a dagger. Then we happened to think of Peter the
night of the arrest, so it must not have been unusual for these men
to carry a defensive weapon or something they used in meal
preparation on their person wherever they went.
Hebrews
4:12
"For
the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart."
We
also know that from the book of Revelation, that we have the same
analogy of God’s Word as the sword with which He fights. This is a true sword, a double edged, three foot long weapon that when used by the skilled hands of its owner, kills.
Revelation is the realm of all spiritual war fare for the souls of
mankind and is a picture of this war fare being conducted for us, in
our behalf. It is with this understanding that we with Paul can
profess his prayer at the closing of this Epistle. But the world
under the deceit of Religion knows nothing of these truths or
mysteries and therefore walks about in constant confusion of
darkness, eating up all the sweet things of the prince of darkness, Satan and the
prince of death, Molech.
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of this Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
This
is our prayer also because those who have become disciples of Christ,
are stewards and ambassadors of these mysteries, the hidden things of
the kingdom of heaven and of God. These are the mysteries which Jesus
told His disciples they were to understand and have knowledge of,
once they learned of Him. The same mysteries Moses spoke of in
Deuteronomy 29:29 and are revealed through Paul's teaching and
writing. The very things that Peter said were at times hard to
understand and comprehend. So those who are in the same situation as
Peter, James, John and even Jude may not have had Paul's
comprehension and understanding of the LORD Jesus Christ, as we are
attempting to bring out. I know that this is true because of those
who have been friends and are now opposing us, or at least not
agreeing with us. But this is okay because we still pray for their
salvation's entry where in He makes us all one IN Christ, that is
having Christ's nature of character restored.
From
here Paul closes this Epistle with:
Ephesians
6:21-24
“But
that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, a beloved
brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you
all things: Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that you
might know our affairs, and he might comfort your hearts. Peace to
the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ. Grace with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in
sincerity. Amen.”
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