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Eph 6:13-17

13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

We have been looking at the Armor of God. Each day we looked at each individual piece of armor, with an excerpt taken from the study called "Use the Sword 101"

This final day we will put on our armor, and keep it on.
Why do I say keep it on?
I know that many people will start their day by putting on their armor (God's armor), but you see in order to put it on everyday, there has to be a point that you take it off.
Think about that, every night before you go to bed you take your pants off, and in the morning you put a fresh pair on. You don't sleep with your pants on then put another pair over them the next morning, or do you?

So in order to put on God's armor everyday, you have to, at some point, take it off.
When we read God's word, it never at any point tells you to take God's armor off, only put it on.
You may think I'm just to hard on these people and should understand what they are doing.
I do understand, but they must also understand what God's word says.
I believe the correct thing to do each morning is to check your armor. Like a racecar driver; he never just goes out and races his car each weekend without checking it over first to make sure everything is in proper working order. That's the same thing we should do each morning, not put our armor on again and again, but check the armor we feel asleep with and make sure it's in proper working order, and in the right places.
For a more in depth study on the armor of God Click here to go to Use the Sword 101
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