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An airline pilot who’s concerned about his wife’s safety decides to buy her a dog.
At the pet store he tells the owner what he wants, and the owner brings out a little Pekinese pooch.
The pilot is skeptical.
The store owner says, “You don’t understand: this dog knows Karate.”
He points to an empty box and says "Karate Box".
The little dog attacks the box, shreds into little pieces.
The owner says "Karate Chair" The dog turns an oak chair into tooth picks.
The pilot’s so impressed he buys the dog.
He gets home and shows the little dog to his wife and tells her this is her protection.
She replies, “This little rat couldn’t protect a flea!”
The husband protests, “But you don’t understand!
He knows karate!”
She says “Ha, karate my foot!"
Tonight we’re going to talk about what that lady should have been wearing: combat boots.
How many of you have ever seen a pair of combat boots?
They’re not exactly the latest fashion.
You can shine them up, but you can’t make them pretty.
They aren’t made to look good; they’re made to help you win battles.
They’re made to keep standing when your enemy tries to trip you up.
They’re made to keep you moving when the road gets rough.
They’re made to help you do whatever your commanding officer orders you to do.
You may not believe it, but God provides us with combat boots to fight the war we cannot see, with Satan.
What’s ironic is these battle boots are described as shoes of peace.
Let’s read Ephesians 6:10-15 and talk about how these shoes prepare us to stand against Satan.
PRAYER
A Roman soldier’s shoes were not really boots—they were more like souped up sandals.
They’re made out of very thick leather soles with hobnails or bits of rock attached to the bottom for traction, almost a primitive version of cleats.
Several very thick leather straps tie the shoes onto the soldier’s feet.
They became more comfortable the longer the soldier wears them.
They’re lightweight and solid enough to help keep his footing as he fights or marches.
Paul says the armor of God includes having our feet shod …with the preparation of the gospel of peace…=the Gospel of Jesus Christ which gives us peace.
Through the Gospel we have peace with God.
Ephesians 2:13–14 13…you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14For He Himself is our peace…
Through the Gospel we have peace within our own hearts.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
This peace is ours through God’s grace, and our faith in Christ as Lord and Savior.
We may not always live in it, but it’s always available to us because of the Gospel.
Satan assaults our peace, tripping us up, crippling us.
If the devil can rob you of your peace, he has defeated you.
But if we keep our combat boots on, if we cling to the Gospel of peace, we’ll stand against him.
The Gospel of peace will first prepare you to
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Keep standing.*
Falling is always funnier when somebody else does it.
As I pulled into Wal-Mart the other day, I saw this cool guy wearing shades, crossing the
street with his wife/girlfriend.
Apparently the glasses are a little too dark, and he stumbles.
For only about a quarter of a second, he trips, gets his footing back, looks around, and assumes his cool demeanor once more.
Almost as if to say did anybody see that?
OK then it never happened.
It was so funny, but it wouldn’t be funny if it had been me.
It wouldn’t be funny to a Roman soldier to stumble.
Keeping your footing is absolutely essential to winning a battle.
Not many can fall and keep fighting.
If your enemy trips you up, you’re pretty much at their mercy.
You’ve got to keep standing if you want to win the fight.
The Gospel of peace helps us keep standing by instilling confidence in us.
We’re confident we are accepted by God because of Christ.
We stand in His righteousness alone, assured of His acceptance and love, assured that we are His beloved children.
Romans 5:1–2 1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Satan tries to trip us up by undermining our confidence in the Gospel of peace.
He tries to make us doubt God’s grace, to think that we’re too good to need grace or too bad to receive grace.
He either feeds our pride or feeds our guilt.
He wants us to focus on us, our feelings, instead of God’s character, God’s Word, and God’s promises.
How could anybody in their right mind do something they know is so wrong?
1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
1 Corinthians 15:10 …by the grace of God I am what I am…
I am kept by the grace of God, not my own power.
You don’t really expect God to forgive you again do you?
As a matter of fact, I do.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
That’s not an excuse to be presumptuous.
It’s a trust in God’s gracious promise to pick me up when I fall.
The Gospel of Peace gives us confidence, not in ourselves, but in God, Who, according to
Jude 24 …is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy…
When the devil attacks you with doubt, guilt, condemnation, the Gospel of peace keeps you standing rock solid in Christ’s righteousness, loved and accepted and strengthened by almighty God!
The Gospel of peace prepares you to keep standing.
But it also prepares you to
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Keep moving.*
My family and I recently went shoe shopping and I suddenly realized how absurd the
marketing for shoes has become.
I mean, used to, when you shopped for shoes, you shopped by gender, size, and width.
I need a men’s shoe, size 14 wide.
Show me what you’ve got.
But today, you get more options.
Yes sir, these are men’s size 14 wide running shoes.
There are women’s size 8 walking shoes.
So you sit down and try on the running shoes and as soon as you tie them up you go sprinting around the store.
I can’t stop to talk to you.
I’ve got to keep going because these are running shoes!
The same with walking shoes.
Follow me, and let’s keep going, because these are walking shoes.
I am so tempted to ask do you have any size 14 men’s standing around shoes?
They don’t sell those because shoes are made for movement.
They’re made to walk or run or perform ballet, or march in the mud.
They don’t make shoes for just standing still.
So also our spiritual combat boots are made to walk through this world of toils and snares.
We need the Gospel of peace to prepare us to keep walking when the devil tries to cripple us.
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