August 23, 2023

Ephesians 6:11

Written by:
Rev (Dr) Prabhudas Koshy

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Ephesians 6:11

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


EXHORTATION:

A clarion call is sounded out to God’s people to be up in spiritual arms for the battle that is being waged against their souls. For every Christian, there is a fight to be fought – and it must be combated well. The apostle Paul charged Timothy to “war a good warfare” (1 Timothy 1:18) and “fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12).

No less than the full armour of God is required for the complete protection of the Christian. It is the only sure and impregnable defence against the wiles of the devil, for we wrestle not against flesh and blood. If our adversaries were mere human beings and possessed nothing beyond physical strength and ingenuity, we might be able to defend ourselves. But as we have to contend with Satan, who is a powerful spirit-being, we need the divine protection of the whole armour of God.

We are fighting against a superhuman force. Satan is not a solitary enemy; he has an army of demons beyond our ability to number. They are a much organised force and have distinctive roles in attacking Christians. We are told in Ephesians 6:12 that “we wrestle ... against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” The battle can be a very close and intense hand-to-hand combat, like that of wrestling. However, though we have to face this wicked enemy, we fight him only when he comes to attack us. Scripture never teaches us to challenge the devil to battle. We wrestle and contend with him only in defence against his attacks.

With the Lord’s help and armed with His strength and armour, we can overcome the ferocious demonic beings that come against us. “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds” (2 Corinthians 10:4). We are also reminded by the Word of God that Christ has already triumphed over these evil forces at Calvary’s cross (Colossians 2:15), and they will continue to suffer defeat to the very end (Revelation 20:10). Therefore, Christians are enjoined to fight the battle with the panoply of spiritual armour provided by the Almighty God. None of the wiles of the devil can prevail against God’s armour given to us. If we put on the whole armour of God, victory shall be ours, as we are more than conquerors through Christ (Romans 8:37).

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