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#507: Faith is our Shield

January 11, 2022 • Loren Hicks

The Big Idea:

Though we are in a spiritual battle, God has given us the armor necessary to withstand Satan’s attacks. An essential piece of our battlefield equipment is our shield. This shield is our faith. Confidence in God’s character and power extinguishes all the flaming attacks we face.

Main Points:

1. Because we have a limited vision and an insufficient perspective we don’t always see and we can’t always understand. I can only trust. If we could understand it all we wouldn’t need faith. If everything always made sense and we could make logical, rational arguments to all of life, we wouldn’t need faith.
2. The Bible teaches us that as believers, we are in a spiritual battle. This spiritual battle attacks our faith. It threatens our belief in God and his faithfulness. So, how can we protect our faith in God?
3. Biblical faith is having a sure, steady, and unwavering confidence in the character, goodness, and plan of God. This faith results in our believing what God says and trusting what He does (whether we understand it or not).

Today’s Scripture Verse:

Ephesians 6:16 - “In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.”

John 8:44 - “…for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

Hebrews 11:1 - “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

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