Meaning of war, weapons and warriors in the bible
Ephesians 6: 10-13
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"For the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his strength, put on the full armor of God, so that you may stand firm against the wiles of the devil, because we have no fight against blood and flesh, against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places, therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having finished everything, be firm. "
The reason why we fail or things do not go well, is as a consequence of how we dress. When they do not pay us, when they do not let us do what we want, when something is happening to a relative, when things are not going well, our struggle is not against blood, or flesh, in other words, the problem is not the boss who pays me, that person who mistreats me, but the principalities, powers, rulers of darkness and the heavenly host. That's where we have to fight.
The armor of God is those clothes that I am going to wear that will keep me firm and in victory in the daily battles of life.
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PROVERBS 20:18 says: "Affirm your plans with good advice; engage the fight with good strategy. " In other words, if we are going to win, we need to prepare to win and dress appropriately for the battle.
I want you to consider that these spiritual clothes are priceless. You can not pay anything for them, they simply can not be bought with money.
It is also important that you know that these clothes do not go from the outside to the inside, but from the inside out. It is not something external, but something internal, that happening in our hearts, will manifest in our day to day. In other words, let's take time to strengthen ourselves in the Lord and in the power of His strength.
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In the next chapters we will learn to dress spiritually for success, we will show you the clothes that the men and women of victory of this generation wear: The Armor of God
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Why is the Bible so full of wars, weapons and warriors? The Bible teaches strategies and that behind every battle is the blessing of God. The Christian life is not just to receive Christ, to have communion with God and to be filled with the Holy Spirit. We have enemies to overcome and battles to fight. The people of Israel with Joshua, were in the land of promise, but they spent years fighting to live in the blessing of God. Israel knew that the right that it had was the land, but they had to possess it, the same is for us. God has filled us with blessings and many believe that the blessing comes because someone prays for you and if some blessings come in that way, but there are many blessings that we have to fight for and it does not happen in the natural world, in the spiritual. Businesses, blessings and victories, happen in the spiritual world, but we need to be strong and supported by the power of Christ's power. In Deuteronomy 32: 8, he says that from the beginning God separated the lands that correspond to his people and the same has done with us, we have a great fight ahead. The enemy is convinced that we will not succeed, we have to show him that God has already given it to us.