And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God[Eph 6 v17] Here we have the last piece of the Christian armoury,the sword of the Spirit ,it is John Stott who points out,the sword is the only one that can be used for attack as well as defence. We are in a war zone the enemy is strong, defeated but not yet vanquished ,and it is the apostle Paul who writes in 2 Corinthians 10v3 ff/The weapons of our warfare are not carnal/ ,this struggle can only succeed by spiritual means,the Spirit of God and the word of God, these are mighty weapons ,with these weapons we can see strongholds ,false imaginations and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,cast down. I remember speaking to a young man, a Mormon, I mention that scripture, God is not a man[Hosea 11v9], and I saw a cloud of doubt come over his face. Again I quote John Stott./ Every Christian evangelist, whether a preacher or a personal witness knows that Gods word has cutting power,being sharper than any two edged sword. We must never therefore be ashamed to use it, or to acknowledge, our confidence that the Bible is, the sword of the Spirit./
A prayer ....../ Dear God we thank you that You have granted us,all that we need to live our Christian life, help us to not neglect, these means which You have left at our disposal in Jesus name Amen /
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