Your Creation. Bryant Hewitt Message

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Bryant Hewitt continues with the Peace series, of Your Creation, covering the Book of Ephesians. Do join our Peace Tour as we bring the Lords Crusades to Africa, India, Asia, Europe,

1. According to 2Co 5:17, a great change takes place in the life of one
   who is a Christian:

   Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things
   have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2. But what does this change mean?
   a. What position does this "new creation" hold in the eyes of God?
   b. What type of life is he or she to lead?
   c. How does this change affect his or her relationship to things
      pertaining to one's old way of life

A. THE NATURE OF OUR BATTLE...
      1. We are engaged in a spiritual warfare - Ep 6:12
         a. The battle is taking place in "heavenly places" (the
            spiritual realm)
         b. Our foe:  the very things we had previously followed - cf.
            Ep 2:2-3
      2. Thus the need to be strong - Ep 6:10
         a. To be strong in the Lord
         b. To be strong in the power of His might

   B. THE NATURE OF OUR ARMOR...
      1. We are given the armor of God, which we must put on - Ep 6:11,
         13
      2. This armor is adequate for a strong offensive battle - Ep 6:14-
         18
         a. Waist girded with truth
         b. Breastplate of righteousness
         c. Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace
         d. Shield of faith to quency the fiery darts of the wicked one
         e. Helmet of salvation
         f. The sword of the Spirit, the Word of God
         g. Praying always with all prayer and supplication
         -- Note the lack of protection from behind; this implies that
            we must be committed in standing firm against the enemy, and
            that to retreat insures defeat!

Psalm 91

King James Version (KJV)

91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

² I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
³ Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
⁴ He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
⁶ Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
⁷ A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
⁸ Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
⁹ Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
¹⁰ There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
¹¹ For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
¹² They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
¹³ Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
¹⁵ He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
¹⁶ With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.