Implementing God’s very specific plan for the spiritual warfare we face from day-to-day

I am so grateful for how clearly the Lord has laid out our responsibility for dealing with the devil in His Word.

When we faithfully & diligently follow all of His instructions to “Put on the full armor of God” in Ephesians 6:12-17 … we will be able to stand, and we will have victory regardless of Satan’s strategy!

The first piece of this symbolic armor He mentions, is Truth. This ‘belt’ is not something that unbelievers have access to because Satan is a liar.

Jesus said this in John 8:44 to the religious leaders of His time who rejected Him and had Him crucified on the cross:

“For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

Without truth, the rest of the armor would be of no use to us because we would not have the Spirit of truth!

Jesus says in John 15:26,

“But I will send you the Advocate — the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.

Ephesians 6:14 says,

 “Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth.”

While it’s true that we could never ever defeat our adversary the devil in our own strength … with Jesus as our 24/7 365 advocate, we can never lose!!