The sword is the soldier’s OFFENSIVE weapon.
Ephesians 6:13-16 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. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
The WORD of GOD
The word of God not only provides the Christian soldier with a solid DEFENSE but also a potent OFFENSE.
GRAPHE: the book/ the writings
RHEMA: the spoken word
It’s not enough to just STUDY the word or KNOW the word, you must SPEAK the word.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5a The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,
The word is INSPIRED by GOD.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
A COMMAND is only as powerful as the AUTHORITY of who it comes from.
The word of God is LIVING and ACTIVE.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
God’s word brings LIFE to DEAD things.The word of God must be APPLIED.
Joshua 1:7-8 (NIV) “Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”
SPEAK it
THINK it
Matthew 15:18 (NLT) “But the words you speak come from the heart.”
DO it
