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The Full Armor of God<\/h2>\n

“The battle in the twenty-first century is a spiritual and cultural battle for the hearts and minds of the next generation! It is a war of ideas and requires spiritual weapons with which to wage it!”<\/em> Dr. Elizabeth Youmans<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shoes and a Shield<\/h2>\n

As we discussed in the previous blog<\/a> the armor of God is mentioned is in the sixth chapter of the book of Ephesians. I found a christian website (bibleinfo.com<\/a>) that detailed each of the six items of the spiritual armor and explained how each one can be used by modern day christians. Last week we examined the first two articles of armor: the belt of truth and the breastplate of righteousness.<\/strong> This week we’ll look at the shoes and the shield<\/strong> and see if they adequately protect christians who are doing spiritual battle.<\/p>\n

Shoes of the gospel<\/h2>\n

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“Soldiers marching into battle must have comfortable shoes. As soldiers of Christ, we must put on \u201cgospel shoes\u201d that will allow us to march wherever our Lord leads. Satan will try to place obstacles in our path, but in Jesus\u2019 strength we can walk forward, following our Lord, obeying Him, and advancing the gospel.”<\/em><\/h5>\n

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This is the actual photo used in the article. Look at those shoes! Do they look comfortable to you? Would you march into battle wearing these?<\/p>\n

But on a serious note, the author says that christians must put on their \u201cgospel shoes\u201d but he left out a word from the Ephesians passage. If you are familiar with the passage, perhaps you know what\u2019s missing. If so, say it out loud.<\/p>\n

If you said \u201cpeace\u201d, you\u2019re right. The verse says,\u00a0\u201c<\/sup><\/strong>and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.\u201d<\/em> Have to wonder why the author left out that word. Perhaps because it just didn\u2019t fit his narrative. Here\u2019s how his narration would be if we included the word “peace”.<\/p>\n

“Soldiers marching into battle must have comfortable shoes of peace<\/u><\/strong>. As soldiers of Christ, we must put on ‘gospel of peace shoes’ <\/u><\/strong>that will allow us to march wherever our Lord leads. Satan will try to place obstacles in our path, but in Jesus\u2019 strength we can walk forward, following our Lord, obeying Him, and advancing the ‘gospel of peace’<\/u><\/strong>\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It really doesn\u2019t make sense to say that you are marching into battle wearing shoes of peace, does it? Perhaps that\u2019s why he left the word out. Also, it should be noted here that Ephesians 6 is the only place in the entire bible that references a \u201cgospel of peace\u201d. It\u2019s not mentioned in any of the four gospels.\u00a0 In fact, the author of the book of Matthew recorded that Jesus himself said, \u201cDon\u2019t think that I came to bring peace on the earth, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.\u201d<\/em> There is no such \u201cgospel of peace<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

So now what? No gospel of peace, no shoes… no marching off to war? One could only hope!<\/p>\n

Shield of faith<\/h3>\n

The next article of the full armor of God is a shield of faith. Bibleinfo.com<\/strong> says this about it:<\/p>\n

“In listing the different pieces of the armor of God, Paul<\/span> Ephesians says, ‘Above all, . . . [take] the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one’. When Satan attacks with doubts, the shield of faith turns aside the blow. When temptations come, faith keeps us steadfast in following Jesus. This faith is not something that comes from within us. It is God\u2019s gift to us. \u00a0You use the shield of faith to turn aside everything Satan hurls at you.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the sake of this argument let\u2019s replace the supernatural phrase \u201cwhen Satan attacks with doubts<\/strong>\u201d<\/em> with a more accurate one, \u201cwhen science proves the bible wrong\u201d. <\/strong>When we make that replacement we have a more viable and accurate statement as in, \u201c<\/strong>When science proves the bible wrong the shield of faith turns aside the blow”. <\/em>You\u2019ll notice that satan is always getting the blame for temptations and doubt. And why not? It\u2019s easier to blame an invisible (i.e. fictitious) enemy than to face the truths that science gives us. Let\u2019s see how faith turns aside the “blows of doubt” created by science.<\/p>\n

When science proves the bible wrong the shield of faith turns aside the blow.<\/strong><\/h4>\n