इफ़िसियो 6:13-14 इसलिये परमेश्वर के सारे हथियार बान्ध लो, कि तुम बुरे दिन में साम्हना कर सको, और सब कुछ पूरा करके स्थिर रह सको।
14 सो सत्य से अपनी कमर कसकर !!!
Ephesians 6:13-14 KJV
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth !!!
It's calculated that around 14500 wars have been fought from 3600 BC till present day. Only 292 years of peace and 5305 years of war. In Bible, right from Genesis to Revelation, one can see a good number of battles recorded. From the time of Cain war began. And this should not surprise us because Jesus has already predicted about this in Matthew 24:6,7.
However, Bible's ongoing focus is on war between God and Satan, good and Evil. This battle is for the dominance of human heart. And we are the instruments in the hand of God that God uses to trample the schemes of devil.
Though our armours, enlisted in the scriptures, are throughly spiritual, they don't necessarily mean unreal and ineffective. They are immaterial armours to fight the war not done amidst constitutes of flesh and blood but spiritual being. 2 Corinthians 10:3,4
Paul instructs Timothy that We should be ready and committed for this battle. 2 Timothy 2:3,4. This armour of God denotes entire package of God's plan for mankind.
1. Belt of Truth- The Deliverance
In Bible times belt held together the soldier's garment and most of the weaponry to make his movements swift and steady. And it also provided strength and support to the backbone. In weight lifting belt is very important for proper support to entire body. So as it was during Bible times today also belt has similar purpose. In John 8:32, Jesus said, you shall know the truth and truth Shall set you free. It means we don't only point to the truth but wear it as belt which will hold together our life. The only purpose Jesus came to this world of to set humanity free.
This denotes our deliverance...truth shall set you free. Like people of Israel were delivered from Egyptian bondage by the provision of God through prophet Moses. It's in Jesus, the ABSOLUTE TRUTH, that mankind is delivered from the corruption of this world. Deliverance is the starting point and first armour recorded here sets the warrior free and provides support for living because unless we first experience the deliverance we can't preach the message of deliverance. In order to attack an enemy a soldier needs to be free completely. Furthermore, man shall, not only be delivered but shall live by this truth. Galatians 2:20 Christ lives in us. So the starting point is the place of deliverance. Many have been delivered but later they failed to let Christ live in them. Consequently, they again go back to bondage and forget about their spiritual battle. Let's once again experience the liberty and this time maintain it as a way of life, let the Christ named belt bind your life strongly.
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