THE ARMOUR OF GOD - PART V THE HELMET OF SALVATION 5/22/2018 9:24 PM THE ARMOUR OF GOD - PART V THE HELMET OF SALVATION Text: Ephesians 6:17a © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9

I. THE EXAMPLE OF THE HEBREWS – Focussing on the Past “First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4. They will say, 'Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation . . . II Peter 3:3,4

I. THE EXAMPLE OF THE HEBREWS – Focussing on the Past “8. But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." II Peter 3:8,9

I. THE EXAMPLE OF THE HEBREWS – Focussing on the Past Psalm 73:1-17

II. THE EXAMPLE OF THE ARABS – Focussing on the Present

III. THE EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIANS – Focussing on the Future “But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet." I Thessalonians 5:8

III. THE EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIANS – Focussing on the Future "The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now that when we first believed. 12. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." Romans 13:11,12

III. THE EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIANS – Focussing on the Future "If I have fought the beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, . . ." I Corinthians 15:32

III. THE EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIANS – Focussing on the Future "For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." II Corinthians 4:17,18