"Put on the whole armor of God that you may stand against the wiles of the devil." Ephesians 6:11
The second word that seems in consequatial is "stand." A quick note about the Bible containing words that aren't really significant. There isn't any. All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God (2 Timothy 2:16). In the Greek, the word for inspiration is God-breathed. God may not speak much, but when He does, things happen. Worlds are created and lives are changed. One of the duties of a disciple is to study every word of God.
The word "stand" does not connote any feelings of aggressiveness. In this passage of Ephesians, we are exploring words like battle, armor, and enemy. These are words of war, fighting, and aggression. Yet the culmination of a Christian putting on the armor is to simply stand. Stand denotes no movement. Christians are not to runaway, run at, or to side-step the devil's attack. This means the best way to beat the devil is not to run in fear nor run at him with aggressiveness nor even side-step around him. Christians are to stand with trust in the armament that God has provided and take what the devil wants to dish out. In this way, Christians are showing the enemy that the battle is the Lord's and that the victory is already completed.
The second word that seems in consequatial is "stand." A quick note about the Bible containing words that aren't really significant. There isn't any. All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God (2 Timothy 2:16). In the Greek, the word for inspiration is God-breathed. God may not speak much, but when He does, things happen. Worlds are created and lives are changed. One of the duties of a disciple is to study every word of God.
The word "stand" does not connote any feelings of aggressiveness. In this passage of Ephesians, we are exploring words like battle, armor, and enemy. These are words of war, fighting, and aggression. Yet the culmination of a Christian putting on the armor is to simply stand. Stand denotes no movement. Christians are not to runaway, run at, or to side-step the devil's attack. This means the best way to beat the devil is not to run in fear nor run at him with aggressiveness nor even side-step around him. Christians are to stand with trust in the armament that God has provided and take what the devil wants to dish out. In this way, Christians are showing the enemy that the battle is the Lord's and that the victory is already completed.
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