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The Helmet of Salvation Ephesians 6:17 Military Helmets A helmet keeps you from being knocked senseless when the enemy gets by your other defenses A helmet protects your head, and more specifically, your brain from injury

The Helmet of Salvation Ephesians 6:17 It protects the mind and therefore is related to belief & trust Salvation in the Bible usually refers to salvation from Satan, sin & Hell to Jesus, righteousness & heaven This salvation is undeserved and comes only by God’s grace through faith in Jesus and His atonement

The Helmet of Salvation Ephesians 6:17 The minds of the unbelieving are: Fleshy – Rom 8:5; Col. 2:18 Worldly – Col. 3:2; Jude 19 Blinded – 2 Cor. 4:4 Futile & darkened – Eph. 4:17 Hostile – Col. 1:21 Becoming hardened – 2 Cor. 3:14 Descending to depravity – Rom 1:28

The Helmet of Salvation Ephesians 6:17 Believers are given the mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:16) enabling them to become: Sober minded – 1 Cor. 15:34 Of sound mind – 2 Cor. 5:13 Renewed by their mind – Rom. 12:2 Have humility of mind – Phil. 2:3 Focused on things above – Col. 3:2 Thinking on the right things – Phil 4:8

The Helmet of Salvation Ephesians 6:17 Salvation from Satan & sin to the Savior & righteousness gives you the helmet Paul is not speaking about receiving the helmet at salvation, but about using the helmet after salvation

The Helmet of Salvation Ephesians 6:17 1 Thessalonians 5 The helmet of the hope of salvation A confident assurance that our current positional salvation will become full heavenly transformation Hope keeps my mind from losing grasp of ultimate reality.

The Example of Job Job is rich, has a large family, is greatly respected and is a righteous & spiritual man Over a short time in one day Job loses Farming enterprise Sheep & wool industry Trade & transportation businesses

The Example of Job All his children are killed when their house collapsed in a wind storm. Job was severely distraught, but did not sin nor blame God Job’s body was stricken with boils from head to foot. What he feared had come upon him.

The Example of Job Job’s friends make false accusations increasing his agitation and suffering Job was confused about truth, was provoked to pride, lacked peace and struggled with faith Job found hope in the future promise of salvation - Job 19:25 We can stand firm even when circumstances are crushing

The Source of Confidence Romans 5 Being justified by faith we have peace with God and exult in the glory of God We can also exult in our tribulations if we have our helmet of salvation on - Romans 5:3-10 We have hope - confident assurance - because of the love of God has been demonstrated in Christ’s death

The Source of Confidence Romans 5 Jesus died in your place while you were still a sinner and at enmity against Him When I feel despondent, hope is born anew when I come back to God’s demonstration of love at the cross

The Effects of Confidence God’s proven love gives hope that controls character resulting in perseverance in tribulation with joy The helmet of salvation emboldens the believer into spiritual battle and fulfilling the purpose of existence Some Christians deny the assurance of salvation for various reasons.

The Effects of Confidence The believer can be fully assured of the hope of salvation - 1 John 5:10-13 If salvation was dependent on you, then it could be lost because you can change

The Effects of Confidence Salvation is dependent on God’s grace alone by which He made me alive in Christ - Ephesians 2 You can stand firm in spiritual warfare without fear of losing your salvation

Conclusions The helmet of salvation brings me back to the fundamental truth I am here for God’s glory, not mine The helmet of salvation forces me forward in living for Christ. Without the helmet of salvation you will be tossed about by the winds of doctrine and chase vanity

Do you have your helmet on? Conclusions Do you have your helmet on?

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