The Armor of God
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Spiritually Dressed For Success
Pr 20:18 (NIV) Make plans by seeking advice; if you wage war, obtain guidance.
The purpose of this Bible Study is to consider and meditate on the Scriptural meaning of each piece of the armor of
God, so that we might stand firm in the battles of life.
Eph 6:10-17 (NIV) ...Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God so that you can
take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms. Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your
ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your
waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from
the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the
flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Why Spiritual Armor?
Rom 13:12 (NIV) The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and
put on the armor of light.
Jer 46:3-4 (NIV) "Prepare your shields, both large and small, and march out for battle! Harness the horses, mount
the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armour!"
1 Cor 14:8 (GLT) For if a trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will get himself ready for war?
Stand!
Luke 21:36 (NIV) "Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and
that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."
Mal 3:2 (NAS) But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears?..
1 Cor 10:12-13 (NIV) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized
you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But
when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Jude 1:24 (Wey) But to Him who is able to keep you safe from stumbling, and cause you to stand in the presence of
His glory free from blemish and full of exultant joy...
Jas 4:7 (NAS) Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
The Belt of Truth
Eph 6:14 (NRS) ...fasten the belt of truth around your waist...
Isa 11:5 (NIV) Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash round his waist.
Ex 12:11 (NIV) This is how you are to eat it [the passover lamb]: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals
on your feet and your staff in your hand...
1 Kings 18:46 (NIV) The power of the Lord came upon Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab
all the way to Jezreel.
Eph 4:25 (NKJ) Therefore, put away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor."
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Spiritually Dressed For Success
Pr 20:18 (NIV) Make plans by seeking advice; if you wage war, obtain guidance.
The purpose of this Bible Study is to consider and meditate on the Scriptural meaning of each piece of the armor of
God, so that we might stand firm in the battles of life.
Eph 6:10-17 (NIV) ...Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God so that you can
take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms. Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your
ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your
waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from
the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the
flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Why Spiritual Armor?
Rom 13:12 (NIV) The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and
put on the armor of light.
Jer 46:3-4 (NIV) "Prepare your shields, both large and small, and march out for battle! Harness the horses, mount
the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armour!"
1 Cor 14:8 (GLT) For if a trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will get himself ready for war?
Stand!
Luke 21:36 (NIV) "Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and
that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."
Mal 3:2 (NAS) But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears?..
1 Cor 10:12-13 (NIV) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized
you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But
when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Jude 1:24 (Wey) But to Him who is able to keep you safe from stumbling, and cause you to stand in the presence of
His glory free from blemish and full of exultant joy...
Jas 4:7 (NAS) Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
The Belt of Truth
Eph 6:14 (NRS) ...fasten the belt of truth around your waist...
Isa 11:5 (NIV) Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash round his waist.
Ex 12:11 (NIV) This is how you are to eat it [the passover lamb]: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals
on your feet and your staff in your hand...
1 Kings 18:46 (NIV) The power of the Lord came upon Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab
all the way to Jezreel.
Eph 4:25 (NKJ) Therefore, put away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor."
The Beatitudes - Blessed are the Pure in Heart
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The Beatitudes demonstrate the way to blessedness in Christ's kingdom
is far different from what the world perceives of righteousness.
The Study "Blessed are the Pure in Heart" covers the following topics:
is far different from what the world perceives of righteousness.
The Study "Blessed are the Pure in Heart" covers the following topics:
- Blessed are the Pure in Heart.
- Five Kinds of Purity.
- Developing a Pure Heart.
- The Promise to Those Who Are Pure.
III. Developing a Pure Heart.
How can your heart be made pure? Know you can’t do it on your own, that’s the first step. Proverbs 20:9
asks, “Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?” Nobody.
Acts 15:9 says that our hearts are cleansed by faith, You cannot do it by works, but you can by believing. In
what? In the blood of Jesus Christ, which cleanses us from sin. The apostle John told us, “If we walk in the
light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son
cleanseth us from all sin” 1John 1:7.
Do you want to be pure in heart? Then accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. Accept what He
has already done. Zechariah 13:1 says, “A fountain opened...for sin and for uncleanness.”
If you are already a Christian, purify your heart through the words of Jesus and through prayer. John 15:3
says, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”
Stay in the word and pray.
Pray that your heart may be:
1. Cleansed Psalms 51:10.
2. Inclined to God's testimonies. Psalms 119:36.
3. United to fear God. Psalms 86:11.
4. Directed into the love of God 2 Thessalonians 3:5.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.Job 14:4
One one answer echoes down through eternity. “God can.”
IV. The Promise to Those Who Are Pure.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8
What happens if you're pure? Jesus said at the end of the Beatitude: “They shall see God.” The verb is a
future form in Greek, a future continuous tense. In other words: “They shall be continually seeing God for
themselves.” Do you know what happens when your heart is purified at salvation? You live in the presence of
God.
You comprehend Him, you realize that He is there, you see Him with the help of the Holy Spirit. Like
Moses who cried, “I beseech thee, shew me thy glory!” Exodus 33:18, the one whose heart is purified by
Jesus Christ sees again and again the glory of God. To see God was the greatest thing a person in the Old
Testament could dream of. Purity of heart cleanses the eyes of the soul so that God is visible.
Do you want to see God? Do you want to have God alive in your world, now and forever? Purify your heart.
Someday you will see God with your physical eyes
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when
he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 John 3:2
Oh, what a day that will be, to see Christ face-to-face!
How can your heart be made pure? Know you can’t do it on your own, that’s the first step. Proverbs 20:9
asks, “Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?” Nobody.
Acts 15:9 says that our hearts are cleansed by faith, You cannot do it by works, but you can by believing. In
what? In the blood of Jesus Christ, which cleanses us from sin. The apostle John told us, “If we walk in the
light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son
cleanseth us from all sin” 1John 1:7.
Do you want to be pure in heart? Then accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. Accept what He
has already done. Zechariah 13:1 says, “A fountain opened...for sin and for uncleanness.”
If you are already a Christian, purify your heart through the words of Jesus and through prayer. John 15:3
says, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”
Stay in the word and pray.
Pray that your heart may be:
1. Cleansed Psalms 51:10.
2. Inclined to God's testimonies. Psalms 119:36.
3. United to fear God. Psalms 86:11.
4. Directed into the love of God 2 Thessalonians 3:5.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.Job 14:4
One one answer echoes down through eternity. “God can.”
IV. The Promise to Those Who Are Pure.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8
What happens if you're pure? Jesus said at the end of the Beatitude: “They shall see God.” The verb is a
future form in Greek, a future continuous tense. In other words: “They shall be continually seeing God for
themselves.” Do you know what happens when your heart is purified at salvation? You live in the presence of
God.
You comprehend Him, you realize that He is there, you see Him with the help of the Holy Spirit. Like
Moses who cried, “I beseech thee, shew me thy glory!” Exodus 33:18, the one whose heart is purified by
Jesus Christ sees again and again the glory of God. To see God was the greatest thing a person in the Old
Testament could dream of. Purity of heart cleanses the eyes of the soul so that God is visible.
Do you want to see God? Do you want to have God alive in your world, now and forever? Purify your heart.
Someday you will see God with your physical eyes
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when
he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 John 3:2
Oh, what a day that will be, to see Christ face-to-face!
I. Blessed are the Pure in Heart.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8
In the Bible, the heart is always seen as the inside of a person, the seat of his or her
personality. Predominately, it refers to the thinking process. The heart is not specifically the emotions. When
the Bible speaks of the emotions, if often refers to the “bowels of
compassion,” the feeling in the stomach,” in the midsection. When our Lord was speaking here of pure in
heart, He was speaking first of all of the mind, which controls the will, which controls the responses of
emotion.
Why does God care about that? The answer comes again in 1 Samuel 16:7, “For man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. Who was the man after God’s own heart? David.
The second term in that phrase “pure in heart” is the word pure, katharos in the Greek. Katharos is a noun
form of katharidoz, which means to cleanse from filth and iniquity. It means to be free from sin. It is akin to the
Latin word castus, root of the English word chaste.
Interestingly katharos has two shades of meaning. Some suggest it also means to be unmixed or unalloyed
or unadulterated or sifted or cleansed of chaff. In other words, to be pure means you have no added mixture of
any foreign elements. Thus, what our Lord was really saying here is, “I desire a heart that is unmixed in its
devotion and motivation. Pure motives from a pure heart.”
II. Five Kinds of Purity.
There are five kinds of purity:
1. Primitive purity: This is the kind of purity that exists only in God. It is a essential in God as
light is to the sun, as wet is to water.
2. Created purity: This is the creation of pure beings, before the Fall. God created angels in
purity, and He created man in purity. They both fell.
3. Ultimate purity: This is the category of glorification. Ultimately all the saints of God will be
completely pure. We are going to have all our sins washed away, not just positionally but practically. First
John 3:2 tell us, “We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
4. Positional purity: This is the purity we have now, imputed by the righteousness of Christ.
When you believe in Jesus Christ, God imputes to you positional purity. Roman 3 says the righteousness of
Christ has been imputed to us. Romans 5 says we have been justified because of what Christ has done.
Galatians 2:16 and 2 Corinthians 5:21 say the same thing
5. Practical purity: Right now, every saint has positional purity. But we have a lot of trouble
trying to live out what we are in terms of our position. That’s why the apostle Paul cried out in 2 Corinthians 7:
1, “Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
God wants us to be as practically pure as we can be before Him.
It is those people who are positionally pure in Jesus Christ who will see God, and those kinds of people
will manifest purity of life and purity of motive. If that is not true either the person is not a Christian, or he is
living in disobedience.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8
In the Bible, the heart is always seen as the inside of a person, the seat of his or her
personality. Predominately, it refers to the thinking process. The heart is not specifically the emotions. When
the Bible speaks of the emotions, if often refers to the “bowels of
compassion,” the feeling in the stomach,” in the midsection. When our Lord was speaking here of pure in
heart, He was speaking first of all of the mind, which controls the will, which controls the responses of
emotion.
Why does God care about that? The answer comes again in 1 Samuel 16:7, “For man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. Who was the man after God’s own heart? David.
The second term in that phrase “pure in heart” is the word pure, katharos in the Greek. Katharos is a noun
form of katharidoz, which means to cleanse from filth and iniquity. It means to be free from sin. It is akin to the
Latin word castus, root of the English word chaste.
Interestingly katharos has two shades of meaning. Some suggest it also means to be unmixed or unalloyed
or unadulterated or sifted or cleansed of chaff. In other words, to be pure means you have no added mixture of
any foreign elements. Thus, what our Lord was really saying here is, “I desire a heart that is unmixed in its
devotion and motivation. Pure motives from a pure heart.”
II. Five Kinds of Purity.
There are five kinds of purity:
1. Primitive purity: This is the kind of purity that exists only in God. It is a essential in God as
light is to the sun, as wet is to water.
2. Created purity: This is the creation of pure beings, before the Fall. God created angels in
purity, and He created man in purity. They both fell.
3. Ultimate purity: This is the category of glorification. Ultimately all the saints of God will be
completely pure. We are going to have all our sins washed away, not just positionally but practically. First
John 3:2 tell us, “We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
4. Positional purity: This is the purity we have now, imputed by the righteousness of Christ.
When you believe in Jesus Christ, God imputes to you positional purity. Roman 3 says the righteousness of
Christ has been imputed to us. Romans 5 says we have been justified because of what Christ has done.
Galatians 2:16 and 2 Corinthians 5:21 say the same thing
5. Practical purity: Right now, every saint has positional purity. But we have a lot of trouble
trying to live out what we are in terms of our position. That’s why the apostle Paul cried out in 2 Corinthians 7:
1, “Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
God wants us to be as practically pure as we can be before Him.
It is those people who are positionally pure in Jesus Christ who will see God, and those kinds of people
will manifest purity of life and purity of motive. If that is not true either the person is not a Christian, or he is
living in disobedience.
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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness: That the man of
God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all
good works. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness: That the man of
God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all
good works. 2 Timothy 3:16-17