1. I’m in the
Lord’s Army
Ephesians 6:10-17

2. All of us are in a serious fight.
Satan is on the warpath.
“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare” (1 Tim 1:18).
“Fight the good fight of faith” (1 Tim 6:12).
You live that truth every day.

3. in the midst of this battle?
What if you had a way
to fortify your faith
in the midst of this battle?

4. You CANNOT win on your own!
We’ve often emphasized the “Christian’s armor.”
That is the wrong emphasis.
“Put on the whole armour of God.”
The emphasis is on the power God supplies.

5. Ephesians 6:10-17

6. We cannot go against Satan on our own.
Peter tried.
“Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee” (Matt 26:35).
Throughout Scripture, we have the promise of divine power.
Paul prayed that the Colossians might be “strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness” (Col 1:11).
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” (Eph 3:20).

7. Ephesians 6:10-17

8. The armor of God. Loins girt about with truth.
Breastplate of righteousness.
Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.
Shield of faith.
In the midst of the battle, we trust God.
Unbelief leads to sin (Heb 3:12-13).
Helmet of salvation.
Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ps 119:11.
Jesus’ temptation by the devil (Matt 4:1-11).

9. You cannot win on your own!

10. How do we grow strong in the Lord?
We spend time with God.
“When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered” (Matt 4:2).
Fasting wasn’t really about going without food.
Fasting was about going without food in order to spend more time with God!
We need to put on this armor.
Yes, it’s God’s armor, not the Christian’s armor.
But, we must put it on!

11. You CANNOT win on your own!
In this text, we find the idea that we all fight together.
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints” (Eph 6:18).
We’re praying to help one another.
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:1).
Do you need help with your burdens this morning?