And take the helmet of salvation…                                           Ephesians 6:17a  Knowing that we are saved is the subject of our next piece of armor. Paul describes this piece as the helmet of salvation. Combining the spiritual reality of salvation with the fact that he expresses it as a helmet would give us good…

But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.                                                                                                                    James 1:6  Faith is essential in our salvation but it also plays a practical role in our daily Christian…

He who believes in Him (Jesus) is not judged (condemned); he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.                                                                                                                         John 3:18  Faith is an essential part of each of the…

…in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.                                                                                                                  Ephesians 6:16  Although we are told to put on the full armor of God, I can’t help but view…

Now all of these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.                                                                        …

Such confidence we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.                                                                                                           …

…and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace…                                                                                                         Ephesians 6:15  The next piece of armor pertains to standing in the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Namely, that Jesus died to give us life, pardon, forgiveness, salvation, reconciliation, redemption, and…

…and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.                                                                                                                                           James 2:23  Righteousness By Faith Is A…

But to the one who does not work (for his salvation), but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness…                                                                                                                        Romans 4:5  Righteousness By Faith As the belt of truth keeps us balanced in our spiritual lives, so the breastplate…

…and having put on the breastplate of righteousness…                                                                          Ephesians 6:14b  Being Right With God  We hear it all the time, statements demonstrating a tremendous lack of understanding about righteousness. For example, “Good people go to heaven, bad people go to hell.” For starters, that simply is not true. If…