Warrior of The Word - Ephesians 6:15

 Ephesians 6:15

And your feet shod with the preparation

 of the gospel of peace; 

    This item of armor is more than what covers our feet: it laces all the way up the calf, just like the ancient Roman soldiers wore. Everywhere he looked he could clearly see how a Roman soldier was dressed. So this is how The Spirit led him to define our Christian armor. 

    Paul was surrounded by Roman soldiers at all times, though he could move somewhat freely, as his feet were chained, but his hands were perhaps, left somewhat unfettered, leaving him able to write all these lovely letters to the churches in the cities in which he had preached the gospel of peace, the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

    (Had he not been in chains, Paul still would not have run away. He had appealed to Caesar for his release, and to Caesar he must go: voluntarily. Yet, because he had been arrested for speaking The Name of Jesus Christ, and refusing to stop speaking salvation through Christ's Name, his arrest was inevitable.)

    Now we have here the preparation of the gospel of peace. Before we can even step out into spiritual warfare in the upper realms, we must needs have our feet and legs wrapped in impenetrable footwear. For it is our feet and legs which stabilize our balance and make it possible for us to move from one place to another. An unbalanced spiritual warrior will fail and fall. 

    Therefore we must place the preparation on our feet and lace our sandals all the way up to our knees, even covering the knee caps. We've seen enough action movies to know that if the knee gets shot out, the one being shot goes down and scrambles to remain upright and in motion. How do we do that? 

    We must be ready at all times to move swiftly when the need arises. And we must also be ready to take a stand for the gospel and not back down. Proper footwear is to be ready to give an answer for what we believe. It is to have the knowledge of The Word of Wisdom which makes it possible for us not only stand our ground, but withstand the oncoming assaults in spiritual warfare. We cannot run away from the battle we have either instigated, or joined in with. 

BE READY TO GIVE AN ANSWER

    1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify The Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of The Hope that is in you with meekness and fear.

WALK WORTHY

    Colossians 1:10

That you might walk worthy of The Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the Knowledge of God.

STAND FIRM

    1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

WITHSTAND 

    Psalm 31:24

Be strong and courageous, all you who Hope in The LORD. 

WALK IN THE SPIRIT

    Galatians 5:25

If we live in The Spirit, let us also walk in The Spirit.

RUN TO THE BATTLE

    2 Samuel 22:30

For by You I can run against a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall.

RUN FOR THE REWARD

    1 Corinthians 9:24, 25

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize. Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. 

    Preparation implies a need for readiness. The first step to readiness is our own salvation. Are you saved? Do you believe that Jesus Christ is Lord? And if you do believe, are you listening to The Holy Spirit, Who is trying to teach you the holy way of righteous living which God has prepared for you to live? 

    And if you have these first two items in your quiver, are you also serving The Lord with Joy in your hearts? We should not be proud to be serving God, we should be rejoicing that God chose us to serve Him. We should be thankful and watchful at all times, ready to repel the darts of pridefulness, status, envy, jealousy which attempt to shoot through our armor. These things can knock us down in spiritual warfare. 

    Are you filled with the Knowledge of God's Holy Word on a daily basis? Even if you don't have the whole Bible at your fingertips, you can still hear from God every day, if you can only learn to distinguish His Voice from the devil's voice. The devil wants to destroy us. God wants to save us. The devil speaks lies. God speaks Truth. The devil hates us for many reasons, namely because he is jealous of how much God loves us. God loves because He love. 

    Get ready to stand. run forward, walk uprightly and speak The Word of Life! 

    

    

    

     

     

YHWH SHALOM - The Lord Is Peace

 

YHWH SHALOM

THE LORD IS PEACE

Judges 6:23, 24

But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”

So Gideon built an altar there to The LORD, and called it The-LORD-Is-Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 

Isaiah 6:9

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

    When God calls people to His service, He gives us His peace. We are not called to fear and doubt, we are called to trust and obey. We are not called to worry and anxiety, we are called to rest and remain. Trust in His process and obey His Word. Rest in His Word and remain in Him. 

    Do you think God brings peace only to your surroundings and not to you? Not only can He calm stormy seas with a single word, "Peace", but the storm in our hearts is overridden by His Peace. 

    From Romans to Revelations the peace of God is sent to the churches/individuals to whom the letter is written. And when we understand that we are the church, the letter is written to us, as well. 

    Even in these last hours before Christ returns to get His bride, we encourage you to have His peace present within you. For God has placed a call on each person to enter into His Word, His Joy and His service. There we will know His Peace, for we will know Christ. 

HALLELUJAH PRAISE JEHOVAH - Calvin Bernard Rhone

A Crucified Life - - Preaches The Gospel of Peace

 

    Romans 10:15

And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Gospel of Peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"

*Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 2097 & 1515

Preach the Gospel: to announce good news

From the Greek word 'euaggelizó' (pronounced yoo-ang-ghel-id'-zo): sharing the Full Gospel of Christ. 

This is the word from which we get 'evangelize', which literally means all of the above in addition to how to live a saved life in Christ. 

    Peace: one, quietness, rest

From the Greek word 'eiréné' (pronounced i-ray'-nay): God's gift of wholeness; to join or tie together.

GOSPEL OF PEACE 

    This gospel of peace through and in Jesus Christ is what separates the born again Christian from all other religions. Only in Christ are we able to turn from the wickedness of our selfishness and turn to God for His forgiveness, which He grants when we believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. 

    Only in Christ can we begin to live a holy life, as becoming holy is a process which begins when we confess that Jesus Christ is not only Lord of All, but our LORD! He's MY Lord. He's MY God. He's MY Savior. He's MY Redeemer. 

    Though the salvation of all is given through God's only begotten Son Jesus Christ, it must be received and believed on an individual basis. You and you and yes, even you must make a decision regarding Christ. And, hopefully, prayerfully, your decision is Yes.  

PEACE of GOD

    Christ died to bring us to God, for there was no other way for our sins to be atoned, paid for, permanently until the Holy Lamb of God laid down His own life for our lives. What a gift! Such grace which God covers us with! He loves us that much.

    John 3:16 

    For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

    John 6:40

"For it is My Father's will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

    Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

    2 Corinthians 5:18,19

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

    1 John 4:10

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be The Propitiation for our sins. [propitiation: atoning sacrifice, atoning blood].

    Did you catch that in Romans 5:8? "While we were still sinners, Christ died for us"?  God sees our wretchedness, our loneliness; He hears the cries of our hearts to be rescued and loved. So He sent His Son to pay the ultimate price to deliver us from the darkness of this world and bring us into the light of His love. 

    God loves us and wants us to be with Him, but without holiness that is impossible. Jesus died to save us and bring us near to God, beginning the process of holiness. We need to be a holy people and for that we need God's Holy Lamb to save us and God's Holy Spirit to mold us into Holy people. We need transforming grace which only comes from a right relationship in Christ. 

    This peace of God is our assurance that He will never leave us, that He won't change His mind about having us near Him. This peace of God is steadfast within us, anchoring us to Him. 

PRAISING THE GOD OF PEACE

    Surrendering our lives to Christ is the least and the most we can give back to Him. We do so with Joy, abandoning what we thought would bring us peace to embrace the Peace of God which passes all understanding. 

    It is beyond our ken to have full knowledge of all that God is and does. It is enough that we have faith to believe that all that God is and all that God does is for the embetterment of all who believe in Him and His Son. 

    So we raise our hands and voices in worship to our God. We praise His Name in song. We glorify Him with our lives. We are enriched because God has shared His riches with us: Jesus Christ.

    

Anointed to Preach Peace 

Spirit of The Sovereign Lord - Lindell Cooley

His Name Is Jesus - Jeremy Riddle 

How He Loves Us - Crowder

Lord I Need You - Chris Tomlin

He Knows My Name - Maranatha Singers

There Is None Like You - Lindell Cooley (written by Lenny LeBlanc)

Take My Life/Holiness - Scott Underwood

Living Hope - Phil Wickham

Majesty - Michael W. Smith

He Is - Crowder

I Am Your Beloved - Bethel Music

Blessed Assurance - Elevation Worship