I am NOW EXCITED about THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD!!!

Yes, REALLY!!!   I am getting excited about this scripture!!!



So, I hope that you no longer feel helpless or overwhelmed when you read this scripture!!!!  



Quite frankly, I feel relieved to realize that GOD DOES NOT EXPECT ME TO FIGHT BY MYSELF!!!   I love knowing that HE WILL HELP ME TO PUT ON HIS ARMOR-THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD!!!”




I LOVE KNOWING THAT HE IS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE WITH ME!!!  




GOD IS STANDING THERE WITH US HELPING US to fight against the enemy!!! 




YES!!!  I SAID THAT GOD IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU!!!



WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT WHEN GOD IS STANDING WITH US AND FIGHTING AGAINST THE DEVIL, THEN THE VICTORY IS SURELY OURS!!!




Next, let’s look at verses 11.  Let’s see what God says about this verse!!! 


Ephesians 6:11-13 (NKJV)


¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

¹² For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

¹³ Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.



Ephesians 6:11-13 (CJB)


¹¹ Use all the armor and weaponry that God provides, so that you will be able to stand against the deceptive tactics of the Adversary.

¹² For we are not struggling against human beings, but against the rulers, authorities and cosmic powers governing this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm.

¹³ So take up every piece of war equipment God provides; so that when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist; and when the battle is won, you will still be standing.




First, I want you to know that I looked up the word, “wiles,” and here is what I found!!! 


Wiles are strategies or tricks intended to deceive or ensnare, entice or lure; a disarming or seductive manner, device, or procedure.



So, when we look at verse 11, and we use those words, let’s see what it says!!!


Ephesians 6:11 (NKJV) Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.



So, now verse 11 says something like this!!!


Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against “the strategies or tricks that the enemy intended to deceive or ensnare, entice or lure us into defeat!!!  Watch because the devil comes in a disarming or seductive manner, with tricks and deception.”


 The CJB describes the wiles of the devil as “the deceptive tactics of the Adversary.”



However, we find that WE HAVE NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE DEVIL’S TACTICS as long as we use the weapons and the armor that God gives us!!! 



God makes it plain that HE HAS GIVEN US THE WEAPONS THAT WE NEED TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ENEMY!!!  If we will use HIS WEAPONS, then WE WILL BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE ENEMY, OUR ADVERSARY!!!



Now, let’s do one last thing!!!  Let’s look at what the scripture says about the nature of the devil-the enemy of our soul!!!



We know that the devil is a liar, a thief, a destroyer, and a deceiver!!!

 

John 8:44 (NCV) You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 10:10 (NKJV) 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.



Revelation 12:9 (NKJV) So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

 

Let me ask you one last question!!!!



If we know and understand that the devil is a liar, a thief, a destroyer, and a deceiver, then why in the world would we ever listen to anything he has to say!!!




I say to you that WE WOULDN’T!!! 

That is why THE ENEMY LIES AND PRETENDS THAT HE IS GOD!!!




That is why he has to deceive us and TRICK US into believing that HE IS GOD!!!  



This is the very reason that we are to make sure that everything we hear lines up with the WORD OF GOD, BEFORE WE DO IT!!!   If it doesn’t line up then don’t do it!!!  And tell the devil to, SHUT UP!!!!





IT HAS TO LINE UP!!!