Your spear, your armor, your shield.
The word of God.As you know, the spirits of jezebel and ahab are very active nowadays. Satan is also very active nowadays. This is depicted by the world of sexual immorality, world of hate, and new philosophies such as the new age culture, witchcraft, satanism. There are also many perversions of christianity. I will talk about this, and going to come out with a series, talking about the 10 worst perversions and misconceptions of christianity.Look at the world now, isn't it full of sexual perversions? Isn't it full of hate? Full of politics? Isn't the love of many, gone cold? Hasn't man start to betray each other? They say man is walking to a better stage, to improve ourselves, for better relations in the set-up of the UN. But is it? Look at the natural disasters coming. As the bible says "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains"Matthew 24:7-8By the way, this is juzt the beginning. Do not let your faith tremble. For it is said, that the spirits of ahab and jezebel are rampant at these times. And it is. Satan will come up with thousands of ways to screw up your faith. He will create natural disasters.If you were not to know that verse, you would even doubt God, on why is he letting all these happen. Firstly, its because of his actions, secondly, its all written on his precision calendar. Hasn't it been said that it would come? The word of God is your shield, it protects you. It's your armor, it shields you from the attacks from the enemy. The good thing is, this shield and armor is exponentially harder than the hardest diamond. How important, is daily devotion in keeping you protected!And more is to come:"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."Matthew 24:9-14Hasn't it happened? That christians are hated all over the world? Hasn't it happened, that christians are persecuted? Even by the government? Even in Singapore? How rampant! It's all over the world! Don't worry. God ain't surprised. It is foretold, it is written. It is in the bible.During these times, you need something so powerful and resistant to protect yourself from the devil, because he is working so much in these days. That is, your bible. That is, your prayer. That is, your personal relationship, your best friend, your side-by-side partnership, your caring friend's relationship, with God. At these times, you really need him. More than what you can ever imagine. You need the word of God. It's like this. The word of God is a powerful 3 in 1. It is your armor, your shield, and your spear. It's so powerful that the demon gotta flee! It's the salvation! Salvation is written in this book. This book brings salvation, it brings hope, it brings faith! This is the lifebook God told us to read. To guard ourselves, and to counter attacks from the demon.I am not asking you to purposely go and whack the demon. Demon is given authority over the world now. And by doing that, you can get thrashed up real bad by him. We are men of peace, not of conflict, just as, Jesus is the prince of peace. By following him, we must be men and women of peace.If any temptation satan throws at you, you flee that temptation, and throw to him a verse. This time he will flee. The word of God is so powerful. It's so strong. It's from God. The word of God brings salvation. God is love.It's your spear, your armor, your shield. Prayer is your spear, your armor, your shield. Prayer is the background worker. DO NOT CONFUSE PROMINENCE WITH SIGNIFICANCE. Prayer can be done discretely, can deliver discrete background changes. But the results are whooping. Look at this: who can stop God from working what he made you to do for him? God can do ANYTHING. He can kill the person you hate for you. But God would change him, and make him his child.Prayer is the ultimate weapon. It comes along with the word of God, which is the bible. Make an intimate relationship with God, tell him everything about your day, like, your lunch, your crush, your deepest secret. Although these he already know, but it forges one extremely strong best-friend relationship, which can be so powerful that non believers take more than the whole existence of the world to understand it. And don't underestimate it. A prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Your relationship with God builds you a lot of love and trust. God changes you from the inside. He gives you what you need. Jesus is awesome.That's why christianity is not a religion. It's a relationship. God is love. The bible didn't say "God has love", but said "God IS love". His love is so overwhelming, that he desire a personal, intimate, loving, best-FRIEND relationship he has for us. That's what that protect you from your enemy! The bible says:"You are better off to have a friend than to be all alone, because then you will get more enjoyment out of what you earn. If you fall, your friend can help you up. But if you fall without having a friend nearby, you are really in trouble."Ecclesiastes 4:9-10Juzt as 2 are better than one, your relationship with God is your shield. 2 are better than one. And prayer with God, that relationship is your ultimate protector.That verse talks about the need of fellowship. There is no lone such thing as a ranger christian. You need a spirual partner. You need a friend with you. Because if you fall, you are really in trouble. But with a friend (human friend, hahaha), you can be helped up.Beside your relation with God, you need a friend. That's gonna help you. That's your shield. That's your armor, your protection.
