15.25 STAND – How do you put on the armor of God?

The devil is toothless and defeated but he still attacks through deception, temptations and accusations. He makes the believer feel condemned and when that happens, the believer starts to hide from God as Adam did in the Garden.

So how does a believer STAND against the wiles of the devil? Ephesians 6:11 tells us how. We are to put on the armor of God, to STAND up to the devil, and to STAND on victory ground. Remember, we are fighting from victory, we are not fighting for victory.

(Ephesians 6:11)
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

So the next question is, “How do we put on the whole armor of God?” This is the million dollar question. All my life, I had heard different people teach different methods to do so. Someone said that I had to wake up in the morning, and put on the armor by praying them on one by one. Someone else said that I had to do the action of putting them on one by one. It sounded more like a ritual to me – something mystical.

Let me share with you how you really put on the whole armor of God. We want to demystify it. Earlier in the Chapter, Paul emphasized that Christianity was about receiving the revelation of the finished work of Christ that WE MAY KNOW…

How do we put on the belt of truth? Or the breastplate of righteousness? Or how do you take the shield of faith to quench the fiery darts of the enemy? This is the answer. It starts with having the revelation of the finished work of Christ (you can’t STAND without SITTING!).

You need to know that Jesus is the truth. And though the law was given through Moses in the Old, GRACE and TRUTH came through Jesus. Truth is the person of Jesus.

What about righteousness. You need to know that Jesus is your righteousness. 1 Cor 1:30 says that Jesus became for us righteousness. And 2 Cor 5:21 says that you are the righteousness of God in Christ.

When you live in the revelation, knowledge and consciousness of Christ, that is how you put on the armor of God. That is how you put on truth and righteousness. You simply put on the consciousness of who Christ is to you. It is so simple.

Now let me continue with a practical example of how the consciousness of Christ as your righteousness actually protects you heart from the accusations of the enemy. To be continued…