Sunday, August 21, 2016

Body Armor: Ephesians 6:14b

Ephesians 6:14b ...the breastplate of righteousness...
Breastplate - a chest protector that would protect your vital organs.
Righteousness - doing the right thing according to God's Word, my response to God's truth. Righteousness is not self-righteousness: to follow all of God's rules on your own (legalism). Phil 3:3-9
1. Positional righteousness: (imputed righteousness): the righteousness of Christ - his sinless life traded for my sinful life, placed upon me because of the Lord's love for me. 2 Cor 5:21. Good sees us as perfect through Jesus. Rom 3:20-22.
2. Practical righteousness: the appropriation of the righteousness of Christ (sanctification). 2 Cor 5:17, 1 Jn 3:10, 1 Tim 6:11. The breastplate of righteousness protects our heart, living this out protects us from Satan. Prov 4:23 Guard your heart!
Spend time in the Word. James 1:22-24, don't stay the same if you see sin in your life.

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