GOD MAKES HIS SAINTS' ARMOR

“Thus thousands perish who supposed they were armed against Satan, death, and judgment--when all along they were miserable and naked.

Look closely at the label to see whether the armor you wear is the workmanship of God or not. There are many imitations on the market nowadays. It is Satan's game, if he cannot keep the sinner satisfied in his naked, lustful state, to coax him into some flimsy thing or other that by itself will neither do him good nor Satan harm. Perhaps it is church attendance, or good works, or some self-imposed penance by which he intends to impress both God and man.“

I am often grieved when I hear people tell me that they love God, serve Jesus and then they tell me how they have God’s grace or favor who then follow this proclamation with beliefs that are clearly not Biblical in fact or principle. They will shape their argument with a little scripture and a lot of something else. When we seek to prove something by teachings and philosophies that are not Biblical we err and our so-called armor is like the Kings invisible clothing in the old fairy tale. It is useless and just a fantasy. It will not allow us to stand in battle against the world, the flesh and the devil. It is not the armor of God’s light nor is God’s righteousness in it.

“But what their armor is, or how they came by it, and whether it will hold up in an evil day, they never stop to question. Thus thousands perish who supposed they were armed against Satan, death, and judgment--when all along they were miserable and naked.”

“To most of us, a careful copy of a masterpiece looks quite as good as the original. But when the master himself appears, he can tell in an instant which is real and which the imposter. It is the same with that self-righteous hypocrite who is a pretender to faith and hope in God.”

If we are to put on God’s Armor we must first take off any we have fashioned for ourselves, for God’s righteousness will never fit over anything we have provided for ourselves. Only a person who has been cleansed and who is dependent on God’s provision of righteousness can fit into the Armor he provides.

Quoted material from, ”The Christian in Complete Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by Gurnall and James S. Bell http://www.moodypublishers.com/