5 Steps of Christ’s Growth in us, and How our Arriving to Maturity is in the Body

5 Steps of Christ's Growth in us, and How our Arriving to Maturity is in the Body (see Col. 2:19)

God's desire is not only that He would save man from eternal perdition, but that man would be filled with Christ and even become Christ to express God in full. For this, God regenerates us with His life when we repent and believe into the Lord … [Continue reading]

Being Full of the Stature of Christ for the Building up of the Body of Christ

Being Full of the Stature of Christ for the Building up of the Body of Christ (see Col. 2:7)

God's desire is not only to save as many people as possible but that His people would grow in life unto maturity to arrive at a full-grown man. This means that as we grow in number in the local churches, there's a parallel great and urgent need for … [Continue reading]

Receive the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit by Means of All Prayer

Receive the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit by Means of All Prayer (see Eph. 6:17-18)

In exhorting us to take up the whole armor of God in Eph. 6, Paul puts the offensive weapon, the sword of the Spirit, at the very end. First, he encourages us to be girded with the truth (living Christ as the reality), put on the breastplate of … [Continue reading]

Take up the Shield of Faith: Exercise your Spirit of Faith and Have Faith in God!

Take up the Shield of Faith: Exercise your Spirit of Faith and Have Faith in God! (see Eph. 6:16)

Besides girding our loins with truth, taking Christ as our righteousness to cover our conscience, and standing in peace as our firm foundation, we need to take up the shield of faith, with which we are able to quench all the flaming darts of the evil … [Continue reading]

Having Shod your Feet with the Firm Foundation of the Gospel of Peace (Eph. 6:15)

Having Shod your Feet with the Firm Foundation of the Gospel of Peace (Eph. 6:15)

Eph. 6:15 says, "Having shod your feet with the firm foundation of the gospel of peace." In order for us to stand and withstand the attacks of the enemy in the spiritual warfare, we need to have a firm footing, a firm foundation. Even when Satan is … [Continue reading]

Gird Your Loins with Truth and Put on the Breastplate of Righteousness (Eph. 6:14)

Gird Your Loins with Truth and Put on the Breastplate of Righteousness (Eph. 6:14)

Eph. 6:14 says, Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth and having put on the breastplate of righteousness. After we are being empowered by God with the might of His strength (Eph. 6:10-11), we need to realize that our wrestling is not … [Continue reading]

Be Empowered in the Lord and Put on the Whole Armor of God so that You may Stand!

Eph. 6:10-11 "Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil."

We cannot fight the spiritual warfare in ourselves, no matter how "strong" and "powerful" we think we may be in the spiritual realm. Firstly, we need to be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength (Eph. 6:10). We need to exercise our … [Continue reading]