God Bless You Each and Everyone with More of HIMSELF.
Robin
"Watchman.Net" <daily@watchman.net> on 04/15/2005 12:35:55 AM
There is no higher place in the universe than to be seated with Christ in
the heavenly places. Indeed, since Christ is larger than the universe, then
to be seated with Christ is to be above and beyond all time and space and
dimension as we know it. To be seated with Christ is to overcome as He has
overcome.
I N F I N I T E S U P P L Y
Friday, April 15, 2005
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Today's meditation is taken from:
PUT YE ON THE LORD JESUS
by Chip Brogdenhttp://www.watchman.net/articles/put.html
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"Put on the armor of light... put on the whole armor of God" (Romans
13:12b; Ephesians 6:11a).In the matter of our spiritual warfare, we must see before God once and for
all just what His armor consists of. By now we should know that God has not
given us anything outside of or apart from Christ. We should know that
God's Answer is Christ, God's Provision is Christ, God's Way is Christ,
God's Victory is Christ.So our overcoming is not bound up with a piece of armor, real or imagined.
It is not without significance that just after saying "put on the armor of
light" in Romans 13:12, Paul goes on to say "put ye on the Lord Jesus" in
verse 14. It is hard for us to miss the point. Christ is the Armor of
Light. To put on the armor is to put on the Lord Jesus. So it is not a
great leap for us to connect Romans 13 to Ephesians 6 and discern that the
Whole Armor of God is a MAN. Christ is Righteousness, Truth, Peace, Faith,
Salvation, and Word of God. He is each individual piece of armor, as well
as the Whole Armor. How ridiculous for us to go through the motions of
"putting on our spiritual armor" in a sort of melodramatic pantomime. "Put
on the armor" is another way of saying "Put on the Lord Jesus."May I frankly say that anyone trusting in "spiritual armor" as a thing in
and of itself is going to fail miserably. Anyone relying upon a
faith-formula or a spiritual warfare method is going to see both the
formula and the method eventually meet with defeat. Why? Because God has
not given us a formula or a method: He has given us His Son. He does not
give us a ritual or ceremony to follow, He says, "Put on the Lord Jesus".
Having the Lord Jesus, I have the Whole Armor of God. It is not necessary
to ask for each piece of armor, or to confess anything, or to do anything.
It is only necessary, having put on the Whole Armor of God, to "stand
therefore". It is only necessary, having put on the Lord Jesus, to abide in
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Infinite Supply
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There is no higher place in the universe than to be seated with Christ in
the heavenly places. Indeed, since Christ is larger than the universe, then
to be seated with Christ is to be above and beyond all time and space and
dimension as we know it. To be seated with Christ is to overcome as He has
overcome.Check out 'Victory'...
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