15.29 STAND – Put on the Lord Jesus Christ

We won’t go through the armor of God one by one. It is easy to get lost in the details of the armor and to be preoccupied with trying to put them on.

Let me summarize for you what it means to put on the armor of God using another verse from the Apostle Paul. Paul says, “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ.”

(Romans 13:14)
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

The best was to put on the Lord Jesus Christ is to be conscious that you are in Him and He is in you. You abide in Him and He abides in you. The whole of Christianity is summed up in this truth.

Since Jesus is everything; He becomes your everything when you are in Him. He is your truth. He is your peace. He is your righteousness. He is your salvation and redemption. He is your wisdom, etc.

(1 Cor 1:30)
30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption…

When you know who you are in Christ, you will stand firm in your identity in Him. You will stand firm in your victory in Him.

With this we will end our series on SIT, WALK & STAND.

To SIT is to rest in Christ and His finished work. To WALK is to live in the reality of the finished work. To STAND is to remain firm in the promises of Christ in the face of doubt sown by the enemy. Remember, those who WALK without first SITTING will end up in self performance of the law. Those who first SIT will end up WALKING powerfully.

The Holy Spirit just brought to my attention to share one example from the Bible about someone who first SAT before the person WALKED, versus one who WALKED without first SITTING. It looks like we will end this series tomorrow instead.