Stand firm then, with the breastplate of righteousness in place
~ Ephesians 6:14
Righteousness comes from God. “Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.”1 Righteousness can’t be attained by works or by fulfilling the law. This is yet another example of God’s grace because we are not good enough or worthy enough to be righteous on our own.
Righteousness has spiritual power for spiritual protection.2 The Armor of God is not physical, but it also not for physical protection. Prepare physically and wear corporeal armor to protect you from attack in the body; prepare spiritually by reading the Bible, praying, and having a personal relationship with God and put on the Armor of God to protect yourself from spiritual attack.
Do you believe the LORD? Do you trust that God will protect3 you spiritually? Have you put on the full Armor of God?
1 Gen 15:6, See also Isaiah 61:10, 2 2 Corinthians 6:7, 3 Genesis 15:1 “Do not be afraid, Abram/ I am your shield”
Read Ephesians 6
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