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THE ARMOR OF GOD

“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God…” (Ephesians 6:13).   To Christians who have walked with the Lord for very long at all, it should be quite evident that there are a number of opposing forces working to discourage, discredit, and destroy them.   You may have experienced some or all of the following: opposition or resistance from your family, friends, or coworkers; temptations in your flesh; afflictions in your body of various sorts; sickness; sleeplessness; evil thoughts; unforgiveness; or pride.   These are but a handful of the ways in which the enemy of our souls can attack us once we become children of light.   Often, we may not recognize them as assaults on our faith but, make no mistake, it is Satan himself and his evil spirits who have declared war against us, and they will not stop until they destroy our faith or we make a stand and send them packing.   In his letter to the church at Ephesus, the Apostle Paul writes, “For we wrestle no...
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THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready .” (Revelation 19:7).    “And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come .” (Matthew 22:1-3).   Scripture has much to say about the Bride of Christ and the Marriage of the Lamb.  It also gives us a clear indication of just who this Bride is, and what qualifies her for this highly favored calling.    The king in the parable quoted above is God almighty, and His Son, the groom, is the Lord Jesus Christ.  The wedding guests are those who are called to be heirs of salvation - the Church.  The bride is not mentioned directly in this parable, but her presence is assumed because it is a wedding feast.  She is...
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GIVE ME A MAN...

“Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh,…and Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.” (1 Samuel 17:1, 2).    The Philistines were a nation of people who occupied the coastal region of Canaan along the Mediterranean Sea.  They were one of the nations that Israel was unable to conquer in the Promised Land, and became a constant vexation to them.  This story takes place during the reign of King Saul who was the first king of Israel.   The Philistines resented Israel’s rise to power in Canaan, and were constantly challenging that power.  Once again they had sent their armies against Israel to try to weaken them, and Saul had raised an army to oppose them.    “And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a ...
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