The passage discusses the importance and power of truth in the spiritual life. It outlines four key consequences of embracing and living in truth: 1. Salvation - By believing the truth, we are saved. 2. Spiritual Growth - By speaking and hearing the truth, we will grow spiritually. 3. Sanctification - By living the truth, we will be able to live holy lives. 4. Shining Proclamation - By proclaiming the truth, we defeat the darkness.

1. Ephesians 6:10-20
10
Finally, be strong in the Lord
and in his mighty power. 11 Put
on the full armor of God so that
you can take your stand against
the devil's schemes.

2. Ephesians 6:10-20
12
For our struggle is not against
flesh and blood, but against the
rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark
world and against the spiritual
forces of evil in the heavenly
realms.

3. Ephesians 6:10-20
13
Therefore put on the full
armor of God, so that when the
day of evil comes, you may be
able to stand your ground, and
after you have done everything,
to stand.

4. Ephesians 6:10-20
14
Stand firm then, with the belt
of truth buckled around your
waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, 15 and
with your feet fitted with the
readiness that comes from the
gospel of peace.

5. Ephesians 6:10-20
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. 17
Take the helmet of salvation
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God.

6. Ephesians 6:10-20
18
And pray in the Spirit on all
occasions with all kinds of
prayers and requests. With this
in mind, be alert and always
keep on praying for all the
saints.

7. Ephesians 6:10-20
19
Pray also for me, that whenever I
open my mouth, words may be
given me so that I will fearlessly
make known the mystery of the
gospel, 20 for which I am an
ambassador in chains. Pray that I
may declare it fearlessly, as I
should.

11. Ephesians 6:14
14
Stand firm then, with the belt
of truth buckled around your
waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, 15 and
with your feet fitted with the
readiness that comes from the
gospel of peace.

12. Ephesians 6:14
14
Stand firm then, with the belt
of truth buckled around your
waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, 15 and
with your feet fitted with the
readiness that comes from the
gospel of peace.

17. Ephesians 6:10-11
10
Finally, be strong in the Lord
and in his mighty power. 11 Put
on the full armor of God so that
you can take your stand against
the devil's schemes.

18. Ephesians 6:10-11
10
Finally, be strong in the Lord
and in his mighty power. 11 Put
on the full armor of God so that
you can take your stand against
the devil's schemes.

19. Ephesians 6:13
13
Therefore put on the full
armor of God, so that when the
day of evil comes, you may be
able to stand your ground, and
after you have done everything,
to stand.

20. Ephesians 6:13
13
Therefore put on the full
armor of God, so that when the
day of evil comes, you may be
able to stand your ground, and
after you have done everything,
to stand.

21. Ephesians 6:13
13
Therefore put on the full
armor of God, so that when the
day of evil comes, you may be
able to stand your ground, and
after you have done everything,
to stand.

22. Ephesians 6:14-15
14
Stand firm then, with the belt
of truth buckled around your
waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, 15 and
with your feet fitted with the
readiness that comes from the
gospel of peace.

23. Ephesians 6:14-15
14
Stand firm then, with the belt
of truth buckled around your
waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, 15 and
with your feet fitted with the
readiness that comes from the
gospel of peace.

24. Four “Initial” Truths
• There is an invisible world.
• We have an invisible enemy.
• He attacks our visible world.
• But we can defeat him with our
God-given “invisible” weapons.

25. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3
For though we live in the
world, we do not wage war as
the world does. The weapons
4
we fight with are not the
weapons of the world.

26. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
On the contrary, they have divine
power to demolish strongholds. 5
We demolish arguments and every
pretension that sets itself up
against the knowledge of God, and
we take captive every thought to
make it obedient to Christ.

27. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3
For though we live in the
world, we do not wage war as
the world does. The weapons
4
we fight with are not the
weapons of the world.

28. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3
For though we live in the
world, we do not wage war as
the world does. The weapons
4
we fight with are not the
weapons of the world.

34. Genesis 3:1-13
1
Now the serpent was more crafty
than any of the wild animals the
LORD God had made. He said to
the woman, "Did God really say,
'You must not eat from any tree in
the garden'?"

35. Genesis 3:1-13
2
The woman said to the serpent,
"We may eat fruit from the trees in
the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You
must not eat fruit from the tree that
is in the middle of the garden, and
you must not touch it, or you will
die.'"

36. Genesis 3:1-13
4
"You will not surely die," the
serpent said to the woman. 5
"For God knows that when you
eat of it your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like
God, knowing good and evil."

37. Genesis 3:1-13
6
When the woman saw that the
fruit of the tree was good for food
and pleasing to the eye, and also
desirable for gaining wisdom, she
took some and ate it. She also
gave some to her husband, who
was with her, and he ate it.

38. Genesis 3:1-13
7
Then the eyes of both of them
were opened, and they realized
they were naked; so they sewed
fig leaves together and made
coverings for themselves.

39. Genesis 3:1-13
8
Then the man and his wife heard the
sound of the LORD God as he was
walking in the garden in the cool of the
day, and they hid from the LORD God
among the trees of the garden. 9 But
the LORD God called to the man,
"Where are you?"

40. Genesis 3:1-13
10
He answered, "I heard you
in the garden, and I was
afraid because I was naked;
so I hid."

41. Genesis 3:1-13
11
And he said, "Who told you that you
were naked? Have you eaten from the
tree that I commanded you not to eat
from?"
12
The man said, "The woman you put
here with me -- she gave me some fruit
from the tree, and I ate it."

42. Genesis 3:1-13
13
Then the LORD God said
to the woman, "What is this
you have done?"
The woman said, "The
serpent deceived me, and I
ate."

43. Genesis 3:1-13
13
Then the LORD God said
to the woman, "What is this
you have done?"
The woman said, "The
serpent deceived me, and I
ate."

46. Ephesians 1:11-14
11
In him we were also chosen,
having been predestined according
to the plan of him who works out
everything in conformity with the
purpose of his will, 12 in order that
we, who were the first to hope in
Christ, might be for the praise of his
glory.

47. Ephesians 1:11-14
13
And you also were included in Christ
when you heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation. Having
believed, you were marked in him with
a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who
is a deposit guaranteeing our
inheritance until the redemption of
those who are God's possession -- to
the praise of his glory.

48. Ephesians 1:11-14
13
And you also were included in Christ
when you heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation. Having
believed, you were marked in him with
a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who
is a deposit guaranteeing our
inheritance until the redemption of
those who are God's possession -- to
the praise of his glory.

49. Ephesians 1:11-14
13
And you also were included in Christ
when you heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation. Having
believed, you were marked in him with
a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who
is a deposit guaranteeing our
inheritance until the redemption of
those who are God's possession -- to
the praise of his glory.

50. 1. SALVATION
By believing the truth, we are
saved.

51. Ephesians 4:15-16
15
Instead, speaking the truth in
love, we will in all things grow
up into him who is the Head,
that is, Christ.

52. Ephesians 4:15-16
15
Instead, speaking the truth in
love, we will in all things grow
up into him who is the Head,
that is, Christ.

53. 2. SPIRITUAL GROWTH
By speaking (and hearing) the
truth, we will grow spiritually.

54. Ephesians 4:21-24
21
Surely you heard of him and
were taught in him in
accordance with the truth that is
in Jesus.

55. Ephesians 4:21-24
21
Surely you heard of him and
were taught in him in
accordance with the truth that is
in Jesus.

56. Ephesians 4:21-24
22
You were taught, with regard
to your former way of life, to put
off your old self, which is being
corrupted by its deceitful
desires;

57. Ephesians 4:21-24
23
to be made new in the attitude
of your minds; 24 and to put on
the new self, created to be like
God in true righteousness and
holiness.

58. 3. SANCTIFICATION
By living the truth, we will be able
to live holy lives.

59. Ephesians 5:8-14
8
For you were once darkness,
but now you are light in the
Lord. Live as children of light 9
(for the fruit of the light consists
in all goodness, righteousness
and truth) 10 and find out what
pleases the Lord.

60. Ephesians 5:8-14
8
For you were once darkness,
but now you are light in the
Lord. Live as children of light 9
(for the fruit of the light consists
in all goodness, righteousness
and truth) 10 and find out what
pleases the Lord.

61. Ephesians 5:8-14
11
Have nothing to do with the
fruitless deeds of darkness, but
rather expose them. For it is
12
shameful even to mention what
the disobedient do in secret.

62. Ephesians 5:8-14
13
But everything exposed by the
light becomes visible, 14 for it is
light that makes everything
visible. This is why it is said:
"Wake up, O sleeper, rise from
the dead, and Christ will shine
on you."

63. 4. SHINING
PROCLAMATION
By proclaiming the truth, we
defeat the darkness.

65. The Consequences of Truth
• Salvation
• Spiritual Growth
• Sanctification
• Shining Proclamation

68. …we all believe in the
truth?
…we all speak the
truth to one another?
…we all live the truth?
…we all reveal the
truth to others?

69. has BETTER consequences