Why do you think the order of having on the armor of God begins with "the belt of truth," then "the breastplate of righteousness" and then "have shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace"? What does "having your feet shod" practically mean? What is "the gospel of peace"? How can you prepare yourself with the gospel of peace? How does the "gospel of peace" enable the believer to "withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand"?

2. The Believer’s Battle Commands:
Ø “Be Strong in the Lord
Ø “Put on the whole armor of God”
Ø “Stand” (ἵσταμαι – histamai)
Ø “Withstand” (ἀνθίστημι – anthistēmi)
HOLD YOUR
POSITION
NEVER
RETREAT

4. 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the
Lord and in the power of His might. 11
Put on the whole armor of God, that
you may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not
wrestle against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of
this age, against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places.

5. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of
God, that you may be able to withstand
in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded
your waist with truth, having put on the
breastplate of righteousness, and
having shod your feet with the
preparation of the gospel of peace;

6. The Believer’s Battle Commands:
Ø “Be Strong in the Lord
Ø “Put on the whole armor of God”
1) “having girded your loins with truth”
2) “having put on the breastplate of righteousness”
3) “having shod your feet with the gospel of peace”
4) “taking the shield of faith”
5) “take the helmet of salvation”
6) “(take) the sword of the Spirit”

7. CONVICTIONS
(Belt of Truth)
CONFIDENCE
(Breastplate of Righteousness)
COURAGE
(Victor's Stand)

8. Winter Boots

9. Football Shoes with Cleats

10. Trail Running Shoes

11. Women’s Shoes

12. Businessman’s Shoes

13. Combat Boots

14. A. To a Roman Soldier:
Bottom of a statue of a
Roman soldier showing the
caliga, the typical footwear
The strategic successes of
both Alexander the Great &
Julius Caesar were in large
measure due to their armies
having well equipped feet.

15. B. To the High Priest:
The priests wore no shoes or sandals;
they would walk barefoot on the marble
floors of the Temple courts. This is
because the floor of the Temple complex
was itself sanctified, just as the Temple
proper. Therefore there must be nothing
interrupting between the priests and the
floor (BT Zevachim 2, 1), to the extent
that if something comes in the way of
contact between the priest's feet and the
floor, his service is invalid (Maimonides).

16. Exodus 3:5b “Take your sandals off your feet,
for the place where you stand is holy ground.”

17. Joshua 5:15 Then the Commander of the LORD’s
army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your
foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And
Joshua did so.

18. C. To You:
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the
mountains are the feet of him
who brings good news,
who proclaims peace,
who brings glad tidings of good things,
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

19. 1. English: freedom from disturbance;
tranquility; the cessation of war;
absence of war, conflict or trouble
2. Greek: εἰρήνη (eirēnē) rest, tranquility
3. Hebrew: ‫שׁ‬ָ‫ל‬‫וֹ‬‫ם‬ (shalom) blessing

20. Ephesians 6:15 and having shod your feet
with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
“having shod” (aorist participle)
“preparation” (ἑτοιμασία hetoimasia) = readiness
of equipment, laying a foundation

21. Peace comes from knowing
God is in control.
Isaiah 26:3–4 You will keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in
You. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, for in YAH, the
LORD, is everlasting strength.

22. Peace with God
Romans 5:1 Therefore, having been justified
by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ,

23. Peace of God
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule
in your hearts, to which also you were called in
one body; and be thankful.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I
give to you; not as the world gives do I give to
you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let
it be afraid.

24. God of Peace
Ephesians 2:14–16 For He Himself is our
peace, who has made both one, and has
broken down the middle wall of separation, 15
having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that
is, the law of commandments contained in
ordinances, so as to create in Himself one
new man from the two, thus making peace, 16
and that He might reconcile them both to God
in one body through the cross, thereby
putting to death the enmity.

25. 1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your
hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to
everyone who asks you a reason for the hope
that is in you, with meekness and fear;
ἀπολογία (apologia) = verbal explanation

32. 2 Corinthians 5:18 Now all things are of God,
who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus
Christ, and has given us the ministry of
reconciliation,
Acts 10:36 The word which God sent to the
children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus
Christ—He is Lord of all—

33. Lord make me an instrument of your peace
Where there is hatred let me sow love
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith
Where there is despair, hope
Where there is darkness, light, and
Where there is sadness, joy

34. O divine master grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love
For
It is in giving that we receive
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned and
It's in dying that we are born to eternal life
Amen
St. Francis of Assisi

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