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Are We Wholly Armed | Episode #361 | Encore Episode #032 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stores, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never failed. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: Put on the whole armor of God, that you will
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  Speaker 2: be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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  Speaker 2: Ephesians six eleven. Yesterday we asked the question are we
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  Speaker 2: victims are victors? We have sometimes been taught to believe
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  Speaker 2: that Christians are supposed to be those that just simply
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  Speaker 2: bear the circumstances until Jesus returns. And this may be
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  Speaker 2: a means of being able to help people live through
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  Speaker 2: certain circumstances, but it doesn't necessarily mean that that is
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  Speaker 2: what God has designed for us. And so today we
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  Speaker 2: are going to talk about the armor of God. Why
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  Speaker 2: do we need to be armed? If we're victims, then
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  Speaker 2: there's no need for any of God's armor. Yet we
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  Speaker 2: are encouraged by the Apostle Paul in the writings to
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  Speaker 2: the Church at Ephesus and to us to put on
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  Speaker 2: the whole armor of God. Why. Well, this is the
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  Speaker 2: most important question for every believer in Jesus Christ. We
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  Speaker 2: must answer it, and by that answer we have to
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  Speaker 2: produce the evidence of what being holy or fully armed
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  Speaker 2: means in a victorious Christian life. So let's begin with
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  Speaker 2: why we need to be wholly armed today? It is
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  Speaker 2: really more evident in our world that we are in
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  Speaker 2: a battle, and I'm not speaking of just physically, but spiritually.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible explains that our battle is not with flesh
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  Speaker 2: and blood, but with powers, principalities, rulers of the darkness
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  Speaker 2: of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places Ephesians
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  Speaker 2: six twelve. Many believers go about their daily task completely
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  Speaker 2: ignorant of this ongoing warfare. Now we can understand the
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  Speaker 2: need for special supernatural armor and weapons in order to
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  Speaker 2: be victors in this spiritual battle. What is the supernatural armor?
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  Speaker 2: And many with military background are familiar with an inspection
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  Speaker 2: when all of the issued uniforms, field gear and weapons
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  Speaker 2: are displayed to check for readiness. In a like manner,
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  Speaker 2: we Christians have been given an inspection order. We've been
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  Speaker 2: ordered to put on the whole armor of God. We
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  Speaker 2: know that there has to be reality in this armor,
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  Speaker 2: or it wouldn't have been given as a command. So
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  Speaker 2: let's look at the inspection. Let's not only display our
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  Speaker 2: weapons in armor, but demonstrate them in battle. So let's
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  Speaker 2: look at each important part of God's perfect armor. The
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  Speaker 2: first thing listed is the helmet of salvation. Why do
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  Speaker 2: we need this protection? It's to keep us from unholy
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  Speaker 2: thoughts and desires. That label inside will read these things
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  Speaker 2: have I written unto you that believe on the name
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  Speaker 2: of the Son of God, that you may know that
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  Speaker 2: you have eternal light. The second thing is the girdle,
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  Speaker 2: or if you will, the belt of truth. And that
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  Speaker 2: is surrounding ourselves with honesty towards God and man. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is the Way, the Truth, and the Light John fourteen six.
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  Speaker 2: Third item of the armor is the breastplate of righteousness
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  Speaker 2: to cover our heart with the right relationship with God.
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  Speaker 2: Now this is not our own righteousness, but it's Jesus
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  Speaker 2: who has made us to be the righteousness of God
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  Speaker 2: in him. Reading Second Corinthians five point twenty one. The
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  Speaker 2: fourth item is gospel shoes of peace. Our feet are
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  Speaker 2: prepared to advance the good news of the victory of
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ over the devil. This bears repeating feet that
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  Speaker 2: are prepared to advance the good news of the victory
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ over the devil verse John three and
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  Speaker 2: verse eight. Shield of faith to put out the fiery darts.
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  Speaker 2: Faith causes us to walk in victory even when the
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  Speaker 2: battle appears to be going the other way. And the
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  Speaker 2: sword of the Spirit the most effective weapon we could
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  Speaker 2: ever employ, the Word of God. It has two equally
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  Speaker 2: sharp edges, penetrating deep into the very center of the enemy,
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  Speaker 2: causing devastating results. We are not hearers of the word,
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  Speaker 2: but doers of the word. The seventh and the completion
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  Speaker 2: element of all of the armor in readiness is prayer
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  Speaker 2: in the spirit. This is God's code book of orders,
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  Speaker 2: and it's the most vital, completing part of being holy armed.
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  Speaker 2: Praying in the Spirit is our ability to communicate directly
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  Speaker 2: with God. It is the code transmission that can't be
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  Speaker 2: intercepted or jammed by the enemy. It is because this
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  Speaker 2: seventh complete part of our armor is so vital that
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  Speaker 2: the enemy has done everything to confuse and perpetuate disagreement
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  Speaker 2: since the day of Pentecops.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: Since God provides the whole armor and we need the
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  Speaker 2: whole armor, then Satan will do everything possible to keep
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  Speaker 2: us from being wholly armed. We discussed earlier the description
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  Speaker 2: and the identity of the enemy forces, the powers, the principalities,
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  Speaker 2: the rulers of the darkness and spiritual wickedness in high places,
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  Speaker 2: and the scripture warns us to be aware of wolves
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  Speaker 2: that are in Lamb's clothing. Have we been misdirected, influenced,
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  Speaker 2: or taught to believe a lie? Who has the enemy
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  Speaker 2: used to accomplish this assignment? Anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 2: it can't be forgiven in dislight or in the year
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  Speaker 2: after Matthew ten thirty two. Are we holy arm put
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  Speaker 2: on the whole armor of God that you will be
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  Speaker 2: able to stand against the wiles of the devil Ephesians
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  Speaker 2: six eleven. And that is today's reflection on the work.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Work with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. For Richard, the entire team. This is Chuck
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  Speaker 1: Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition reflections on.
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