Helmet of Salvation (Part I)
Helmet of Salvation (Part 1) – Your outfit
Growing spiritually is one habit we must continue cultivating. Ephesians 6 verse 16 concludes with us escaping the fiery darts or schemes of the enemy, this must be stressed because no one in their right mind will chose to walk with the enemy by the choices they make daily, its suicide to the body, spirit and soul. It spells destruction to the whole being, hence;
Ephesians 6 V 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
The helmet of salvation protects the mind (the thinking faculty of your soul) which is the choice and decision making department of you. Not having any power or authority to command you to sin against God, the only thing the devil can do is to use schemes (tricks, lies and deceit) to infect your thought pattern (an attack to the head), once you sustain an injury in that aspect then YOU WILL BE SLAVE TO SIN without knowing it. Eve in the Garden of Eden was the first victim by swapping her salvation for the desire of the flesh through the gates of her eyes as she saw that the fruit was good. What she did not know was the devil’s scheme for this to happen so she could disobey God and die a spiritual death. See Genesis 3
Today, there are several things the devil uses to delude us so he can get his way and lead those who are saved to condemnation through disobeying God like he did, he would try to;
- Attack our mind with tricks or what appears to be common sense Gen 3:1-6, 1 Pet 5:8-9
- An attempt to demoralize our mind like he tried with Jesus Luke 4:1-13
- Offer what God has ordained you to have the worldly way so you actually lose it Luke 4:6-7
- Bring division, unresolved anger, bitterness, envy or misunderstanding Eph 4:26-31, Eph 4:3
- Deceive by masquerading like an angel of light 2 Corinthians 11:14
- Lead into error 1 Tim 4:1-2, Romans 16:17-18
- Gain direct influence to your soul via witchcraft or the occult
- Prevent conversion to Christ 2 Corinthians 4:4, Mat 13:4
- Increase pride and self worth beyond eternity Matthew 16:23, Luke 4:3-13
- Cares of this world more than eternity Philippians 3:19, Colossians 3:1-2, Matthew 13:22
- Money Matthew 13:22; 1 Timothy 6:5,10
- Sexual temptations and desires Proverbs 6:23-29, Proverbs 7:6-27, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
We should always put on our helmet of Salvation, how do we do this? First, practice daily living as the bible teaches, take back control of the gates to your soul and your mind (please seek assistance via walkwithme for support). In doing this you also need to know that we are saved by grace alone and not just by the law (Ephesians 2:6-10), but righteous living saves us from destruction, failure, pain and heart aches (1 Corinthians 11:30-32) because we are in the will of God.
Helmet of Salvation Part II teaches us what the helmet of salvation is and how to put it on daily.
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