The entire armor of God is Jesus Christ. The first layer is the robe of righteousness, our tunic. Once that is on we can don the rest of our armor.
Putting on The Armor of God is the one thing we must do for the rest of the Armor to be put on. Each of us, at some point in our lives, made the decision to believe in The Name of The Lord Jesus Christ for our salvation. (and if you have not yet done so, we urge you to make a decision for Christ, for the time is short).
When we believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, we enter into a covenant relationship with Him. He covers us, He fills us. 'In Him we live and move and have our being.' Acts 17:28a
Romans 13:14 But you put on The Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on The Armor of Light.
We are a new creation in Christ, and as such, we have lain aside the 'deeds of darkness' and have put on The Armor of Light, for Christ is The Light, and we must carry that Light within us in order to see where we need to go. We never have to walk in darkness again. Though we go into the dark to reach those who are still in it, we do not walk in darkness because we have The Light to shine the pathway before us.
Our Tunic covers us like a wetsuit: it embraces every curve and skeletal structure, but leaves no room for excess. Why would we have need of excess in the flesh anyway, when we can have the abundance which Christ has promised us? John 10:10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
When we believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, the battle begins, for along with the rest of our Armor, targets are placed everywhere on us, which our enemy the devil tries to penetrate and knock us down. We must guard our hearts, guard our minds, guard our back, guard our feet, guard our tongue, guard our ears, and guard each other.
And now that we have our Tunic on, we can put on the rest of our Armor. Tomorrow we'll start that.
