   |
||||||||||||
 |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Dave Havir - Armor of God |
||||||||||||
This video message has been archived. While it is no longer available as an instant stream, you may still download it and play it locally. Just click here to download the message. Note: You will need to have a player installed that will play FLV files to watch the video after downloading. See our "Need Help" pages for possible alternatives. |
||||||||||||
Don't have enough broadband speed to watch the stream? Try downloading the file and then viewing it. Click on the link to the right and give it a try! |
||||||||||||
Note: You will need to have a player installed that will play FLV files to watch the video after downloading. |
||||||||||||
Dave Havir, beginning with a historical approach to the study of the armor of God, describes how the size of armor changed with the severity of the battle. Eventually, the size of the armor became so enormous that shield bearers had to be employed to carry it. As we are engaged in a spiritual battle, we have to know our adversary, realizing we battle demonic principalities, making physical armor of little or no use. Spiritual armor requires eight necessary parts, including: (1) Truth–that which is true—not limited to a pet set of doctrines. Sometime the truth consists of a candid revelation of our spiritual blind-spots. (2) Integrity—reflected by people striving to do right, even though they may miss the mark occasionally. (3) Peace—derived from keeping God’s law in the spirit as well as the letter. (4) Faith—realizing that we all have gaps or deficits in this important area. God may choose to increase our faith with a difficult or stressful character building experience. (5) Salvation—recalling all the physical and spiritual examples listed in scripture. (6) God’s Word—or the sword of the Spirit, discerning our innermost thoughts, ringing true wherever we hear it. (7) Prayer and supplication—accompanied by periods of fasting for various periods of time. (8) Watching as zealously for Christ or the redemption of Israel as Simeon or Anna had watched the first time (Luke 2:25, 36-38.) Adversary * Armor of God * Bad angels * Basketball analogy * Blind spots * Bows and arrows * Buckler * Center mass * David and Goliath * Denial * Eight traits * Enemy * Ephesians 4:13; 6:10-18 * Fake hope * Fake peace * Fasting * god of this world * Good and evil * Gravity * Head knowledge * Holman Bible Dictionary * “It is what it is” * Job1:1 * La La land * Luke 2:25, 17:5 * Noah * Roman Catholic devout approach * Sabbath, Holy Days, and Clean Meats * Romans 10:15 * Satan * II Chronicles 23:9 * Shield * Speaking the truth in love * Spears, bucklers, and shields * Spiritual battles * Strong in the Lord * “The Truth” * What is true * Wiles of the Devil * Upright |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Copyright 2009, Church of God, Big Sandy, Texas - All rights reserved. |
||||||||||||
Best viewed with Internet Explorer 7 or newer with Display resolution greater than 1024 x 768. |
||||||||||||
