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The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil.

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Let's sharpen up.

All right, welcome to day two, Galatians chapter one, beginning of verse

one. Paul, an apostle, not from man nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the

father who raised him from the dead and all the brothers who were with me to the churches of Galatia,

grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age according to the

will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever, amen.

Okay, Paul had a lot of detractors because, one, he used to be a religious terrorist, and he wasn't a part of the original 12 of the apostles that walked around with Jesus.

And so a bunch of people would criticize him and accuse him of not being an actual apostle.

And so, let me tell you this.

While the world tried to slap a label on him, Paul would not receive it.

Paul says, I am an apostle not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father.

You see, the reality is this, is that only Jesus gets to tell you who you are.

And men, are you way too hung up on what the world says you are, or do you understand who

you are in Christ Jesus? Now, this might take a second, but I want to tell you, according to the

Bible, who you are. I got this from a guy named Neil Anderson in the book, The Bondagebreaker,

that if you are in Christ, you are the salt of the earth. You are the light of

the world. You are a child of God. You are a part of the true vine, a channel of Christ's life,

that you are Christ's friend. You are chosen and appointed by Christ to bear his fruit.

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