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Let’s look at the next three pieces of spiritual armour God has provided for us to live victoriously: 1) ‘You will need faith as your shield to stop the fiery arrows aimed at you by Satan’ (v. 16 TLB). Have you ever watched an old western film that had battles between the Native Americans and the settlers? The settlers circled the wagons, and the Native Americans shot flaming arrows into them. There’s no evidence that this happened in real life, but the images played out on screen demonstrated that you can’t fight fires and fight foes at the same time; flaming arrows are a distraction. Satan uses the same tactic. But faith (focusing on God’s Word) snuffs out those flaming arrows. 2) ‘Put on salvation as your helmet’ (v. 17 NLT). This helmet protects your mind. When Satan whispers, ‘If you were really a Christian, you wouldn’t have done that’, you repel his attacks by knowing your identity in Christ – a blood-bought, totally forgiven, seen-as-righteous, heaven-bound child of God. 3) ‘Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God’ (v. 17 NLT). ‘The word of God’ referred to here isn’t logos (the written word) but rhéma, which means ‘utterance’. It calls for speaking God’s Word to defeat Satan; utilising the right Scripture at the right time to deal with the problem. That’s why Satan fights you so hard over Bible reading. Three times he attacked Jesus in the wilderness, and three times Jesus answered, ‘It is written’ (Matthew 4:4-10 KJV). He demolished Satan with Scripture! The devil can out-argue you, but he has no defence against the Word of God. So, memorise the Scriptures, and use them as a weapon to defeat him.

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