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INTRODUCTION:
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Each piece of the Armor of God is important.
A. The whole armor is needed to fight the spiritual war.
B. The Sword of the Spirit is an important part of the Armor of God.
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The rest of the armor protects you so that you can use the Sword, but the Sword both protects you and the ones whom it is your aim to protect.
A. If you are wearing the Armor of God, you are protected because God’s Armor is impenetrable and therefore, you should be bold to go into war and fight.
B. This is where the Sword comes into play, because the war needs to be fought.
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There are those who need to be protected and those who need to be saved.
Ps 82
2. Pure and undefiled religion before God (paraphrasing): ‘Protect the ones who cannot protect themselves.’
C. Ask yourself three questions:
1. Do you have the Sword available to use?
2. Do you know how to use the Sword?
3. Will you survive the war?
A. At this point in the series on the Armor of God is where this question is the most applicable.
D. The lesson will focus on question number one today.
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Then over the next two Sundays, we will discuss the next two questions.
BODY:
1. DO YOU HAVE THE SWORD AVAILABLE TO USE?
A. In order to be able to use the sword, you must know how to obtain the sword.
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The Sword of the Spirit is God’s Word, and being willing to acknowledge the Bible as Scripture is having it available to use.
2 Timothy 4.3
2 Pt 3.14-
2 Timothy 3.16-4
A. Acknowledging the Bible as Scripture is more than just saying it.
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One must acknowledge it’s infallibility.
2. Because it is infallible, then one must acknowledge its ability to convince, change, correct, reform, teach, and exhort us.
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If any of these things are not acknowledged, then the Sword of the Spirit is not available, because it’s power is limited by man.
Ps
Heb 4.11-
B. In order to be able to obtain the Sword, one must understand and acknowledge it’s power.
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Though it is contained in the Christian, it is the power of God, not the Christian.
A. In today’s world, we often hear of people witnessing; this makes the power of God their story, but the power of God is not in their story—it is Christ’s.
1 Cor 1.22-
2 Cor
B. If the power of God was the Christians, then their “witnessing” would matter, because it would be able to save.
Gal.
6.14-
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These people were concerned with how one becomes a child of God, and Paul told them, ‘It does not matter what you say; if it is not about Christ and His story and what He desires, then you are lost.’
2. In order to lead people to Christ, the Christian must understand he or she must be the vessel for God’s power.
C. In order to obtain the Sword, one must understand that he needs the Sword.
Acts
1. Sometimes Christians try to convert a person to Christ without knowing God’s Word and when the student asks where something is found, the teacher is not able to give the book, chapter, and verse.
A. This is trying to use the Sword without having it available; therefore, they do not fully understand that they need the Sword.
CONCLUSION:
1. Do you have the Sword of the Spirit available to use?
A. Do you know how to obtain the Sword of the Spirit?
B. Do you understand it’s power?
C. Do you understand you need the Sword?
2. The souls of the people around you may depend upon your protection.
A. Will you be able to wield the Sword to protect them?
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