| |
| | The Whole Armour of God - InTheBeloved.org |
 | | Although the Christian who walks faithfully, clothed with the whole armour of God, enjoys the effect of its use, in the peaceful joy of communion, the difference must have, perhaps, been felt, between this state and the loss of communion, to know the immense importance of this armour, or rather of wearing it. |
 | | His relationship to God was known, his being in the light as God was in the light, in the blessed joy of holiness, sin and evil and all confusion outside -- Jesus' glory complete -- the Father's love, unhindered by anything in the state of the object, is rested on. |
 | | The first parts of the armour, we have seen, are defensive, those which hinder Satan from touching us, connected with the judgment of self and godliness; after these, the active energy of the Word of God, the sword of the Spirit. |
| www.inthebeloved.org /wholearmour.htm (7166 words) |
|