The real secret to living the victorious Christian life is having on the Whole Armor of God. We are in a spiritual warfare with the invisible forces of Satan and his host. Their main purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy lives. The spiritual belt of truth is one piece of the armor of God and one of our main weapons of defense.
Roman Centurion
Paul describes this armor in Ephesians 6:10-18 by using the attire of a Roman Centurion. The first piece of armor mentioned is the belt of truth. The belt was a wide belt worn across the lower torso to protect the loins from the rib cage to the thigh. This belt held the top and lower portions of the armor together. In battle, the proper fitting of this piece of the armor was of utmost importance.
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God has supplied us with spiritual armor, but we must put it on. We need this spiritual belt of truth.
There is a spirit of error in the land. Many people are used by Satan to proclaim lies, errors, and half-truths. If one is not standing on rightly divided scriptural ground, they can easily be deceived. God has given us this powerful weapon of His Truth that will protect us from Satan's lies and deceptions, and empower us to walk in victory.
If we are to stop walking in defeat and start experiencing victory in our lives, we must put on the belt of truth. We must always have our belt buckled or girded by standing on the truth of God's holy, infallible, and inerrant Word.
God's Word is Truth and it is full of truths that we need to gird ourselves with. The truth of God's Word is the standard by which all other things in life are to be judged. In the face of many opinions, our response should be, "Nevertheless, what saith the Scripture?" Galatians 4:30
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The Bible is read and interpreted by many people all over the world. Regardless, no one knows the absolute truth behind scripture. Walter Brueggemann, professor of Old Testament, wrote “Biblical Authority” to help people understand what he describes as six different parts that make up the foundation to ones understanding of scripture. He defines these six features as being: inherency, interpretation, imagination, ideology, inspiration, and importance. As Brueggemann explains each individual part, it is easy to see that they are all interconnected because no one can practice one facet without involuntarily practicing at least one other part.
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star crossed lovers take their life” (I prologue 5-6). Romeo and Juliet is known by many as a love story, but what if it’s not a love story but a story of obsession and desperation. Romeo is from the Montague family, and Juliet is from the Capulet family. The two families have been feuding for many, many years. In this story, Romeo and Juliet become obsessed with the feeling of being in love. They will go to extremes to be together, such extremes as death.
In the Bible, a book meant to be the word of God, condemns such things
For thousands of years there have been many transcriptions and changes to the words of God, For example, just in the last thousand years there has been three different transcriptions, The New Testament, Homer, and also Sophocles. For a person not to look for their own interpretation of the lord’s book is
In John 14:6;CCC 217 Jesus said to John "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Jesus answers to John that he was born to bear witness to the truth and everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice John 18:37. In Jesus Christ man can fully know the truth that will set them free John 8:32. When only Jesus promises to send the spirit of Truth to guide man to all truth John 16:13. Jesus defeat the lines of Satan in the wilderness Mark 4:1-11. By repeatedly casting on demons and by using the Satan inspired evil of Judas Luke 22:3 for the glory of the cross Resurrection. Jesus performed Miracles healing power over nature and death. Offering Divine inspired teachings Parables sermons and you sow scripture.
I disagree that a variety of opinions of scripture are to be frowned upon. The secular interpretations are what defines Christianity in the 21st century. I view the immense number of ideas as the creativity that is essential for mankind. Everyone’s life is different and the environments in which people lived throughout their life will change their point of view on
Writings of historical scholars, Josephus, Aristotle, and Plato, to name a few, are taken as truth and fact, yet the writings of the Scripture are constantly disputed. Why? Perhaps because of the ethical imperatives imposed to which people do not want to adhere. Perhaps because of man’s ego and pride that disallows them to submit to a Higher Authority. Nonetheless, The Bible has been, and still remains, the most widely read and revered book of all
places of the Scriptures, to confute their errors, and confirm his sayings. And thus continued they
First, often in religion, what I say/believe is tainted by what I want to be true. Now that's not the case in Mathematics. In Math, I'm not tempted to believe 2+2 is 5 because I want it to be 5. It simply doesn't matter to me what 2+2 is as long as I can learn the answer. But with religion we're different. I may believe the man is to be 'head of the house' because I read that in the Bible, but it just simply isn't true that I have no vested interest in the outcome of that study. I want it to be true. "Ah-ha! See, it must not be true that the man is the head of the house then", says my wife, "You just think that because you want to believe it!" Do you see the complication here? She doesn't want to believe it, and I do want to believe it. So is it true or not? "Well", someone says, "it is true for you, and not true for her". This is nonsense . Truth does not change from one person to another, unless it is truth about opinion. Either God says the man is the head of the house, or he doesn't. [To see His answer, read Ephesians 5:22-32]
“A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.” Here is the classic English translation of the first two lines of Martin Luther's famous hymn “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.“ Indeed, it is famous among Christians who unashamedly identify themselves with the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, which until today continually inspires them to appreciate their roots in the ancient paths (Jeremiah 6:16) of biblical Christianity over against that which is only built on man-made traditions.
Theme in “Defender of the Faith” can be interpreted in many varying ways, some of which are life-long lessons and others to the relation between faith and the individual.
If as believers we fail to completely trust the Word of God and form our life under its direction then our witness will become misleading and even confusing. Believer’s effort in diligently understanding, applying and holding full trust to the word of God in all aspects of our life will be instrumental in building our faith. Such a faith will elevate us to enable us rise above the unrelenting wave of our culture’s non-biblical ideologies. Biblical worldview is very important in order to develop a life, which can be emulated by others in diligence, integrity and honesty in the modern society (Tackett, 2014).
... God’s word, and it provides humanity with his truth and revelation. His word is a guide to live by, and through his word, all is made clear. No doctrine or faith in Christianity should stray from the word of God. His word is pure and holy, and it reveals his plans and love for all.
Paul tells us to “fight the good fight of faith” (Tim. 6:12). We must not hold on to unbelief. When we give ourselve...