Bread From Heaven

Armor of God- Conclusion, We win!

Dear Heavenly Father,
May you be glorified as we conclude this study on the Armor of God. You are so good to us. You have given us all we need to fight the good fight of faith and win. If you are for us, who can be against us? We praise your Holy name! May we put on the whole armor while we stand and fight to defend your good name.
In Christ’s name we pray,
Amen

A motivational video urging Christians to stand firm:
https://youtu.be/aFDpMH_nWeQ

Over the last several weeks, we have studied the Armor of God. I have tried to be very thorough, and have learned some things along the way too. We studied how we need to be strong in the Lord in the power of his might. We took a look at who the enemy is. We studied each piece of the armor of God. We talked about how we should always pray. We went over spiritual teamwork and battle fields. Finally, we learned that if we fear God most, we have nothing else to fear. We talked about why we have to fight throughout the studies.

Now I want to touch base on continuing to fight the good fight all the way to the end of our physical life. We have been given all the tools we could possibly need. We are not alone in this fight. We are guaranteed to win.

We are guaranteed to win, but we still have to be prepared to fight. Just like you can’t win a game that you don't play, you can't win a battle if you never fight. You can't win a war without winning a battle first.

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

We fight the good fight by remaining faithful to Christ. We put away sin, and take on righteousness. We produce the fruits of the spirit by following Christ.

We find our victory in Jesus Christ!
https://youtu.be/MN0OJGb2Pjg

Romans 8:31-39 says it all well. We have victory in Jesus. We are more than conquerors. If God be for us, who can stand against us? Nothing can separate us from the love of God.
Romans 8:31-39 ▼

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Greater is he that is in you than he that is the world. 🌎 1 John 4 gives us a guide to try the spirits. This is how we can know a spirit is sent from God or not. If God is in it, it will contain his attributes.
1 John 4:1-8 ▼

1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

We will have trials and tribulations. We will suffer persecution. However, these things are only temporary. Christ has overcome the world and we can too with his help. It is the health and life of our soul and the souls of others that are at steak. We fight and we win through Jesus Christ.
John 16:33 ▼

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Song: Fight the Good Fight

1. Fight the good fight with all thy might. Christ is thy strength and Christ thy right. Lay hold on life, and it shall be thy joy and crown eternally.

2. Run the straight race through God's good grace; lift up thine eyes, and seek Christ's face. Life with its way before us lies; Christ is the path, and Christ the prize.

3. Cast care aside; lean on thy guide. God's boundless mercy will provide. Trust, and thy trusting soul shall prove Christ is its life, and Christ its love.

4. Faint not nor fear: God's arms are near. God changeth not, and thou art dear. Only believe, and thou shalt see that Christ is all in all to thee.

This is the song:
https://youtu.be/Dh2fL_qHqEQ

"Fight The Good Fight" is also a popular, traditional hymn and Christian song, written by Rev. John Samuel Bewley Monsell, published in Hymns of Love and Praise for the Church’s Year (1863). It is primarily sung to the tune "Pentecost" written in 1864 by William Boyd.

1 Corinthians 15:57 ▼

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Motivational video to fight the good fight:
https://youtu.be/NWlI8phsGyI

Resources ▼

I did not take something from every one of these, but they are here for your benefit. They have further discussion on the topic.

https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/how-to-prepare-for-spiritual-batt...

https://activechristianity.org/mean-fight-good-fight-faith

https://www.thedeepthingsofgod.com/2020/05/what-does-it-mean-to-fight-good-fight...

https://theblazingcenter.com/2019/05/fight-the-good-fight.html

https://renner.org/article/fight-the-good-fight-of-faith/

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/fight-the-good-fight-1-timothy-6-12-vers...

https://www.aega.org/how-to-fight-a-good-fight-of-faith/

https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/4-important-bible-verses-about-fighting...

https://rcg.org/books/wirf.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwtJ2FBhAuEiwAIKu19kF-Tb_Xp_oGM3JhRL...

https://www.allaboutgod.com/victory-in-jesus.htm

https://endofthematter.com/2015/10/what-does-it-mean-that-we-are-more-than-conqu...

http://blog.fhfbc.org/2017/04/the-conqueror-of-death.html

https://thepreachersword.com/2015/05/11/word-of-the-week-conqueror/

https://dailyverses.net/overcoming/esv/kjv

https://www.gotquestions.org/more-than-conquerors.html

https://communitychaplain.co.za/2021/01/16/more-than-conquerors/

https://www.crosswayfellowship.org/service-list/9/22/2017/focus-discipleship-pt-...

Jesus is my permanent anchor!