Making Sense of Church | The Army - Suzy Silk

Church of the City New York

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🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This Sunday, Pastor Suzy Silk continued our sermon series, Making Sense of the Church, with a teaching on the Church as an Army. In the book of Ephesians, Paul describes a spiritual battle believers are engaged in and how God has prepared us to fight together for the expansion of His Kingdom. On the cross, Jesus defeated Satan, sin, death, and hell and has sent out His disciples in His authority to declare His victory. In light of this, we are able to stand firm in the faith, knowing that He has rescued us, brought us into His kingdom, and we await the day He will return in His full glory.

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0:00.0	Our teaching text today comes from Ephesians chapter 6 verses 10 through 20.
0:07.3	Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
0:12.0	Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
0:17.8	For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,
0:23.4	against the powers of his dark world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
0:30.2	Therefore, put on the full armor of God so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to
0:36.2	stand your ground, And after you have done
0:38.9	everything to stand, stand firm then, with the belt of truth, buckled around your waist,
0:46.0	with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness
0:50.7	that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of
0:56.2	faith with which you can extinguish all of the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of
1:01.5	salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, and pray in the spirit on all occasions
1:07.4	with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on
1:13.7	praying for all the Lord's people. Pray also for me that whenever I speak, words may be given me
1:20.4	so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel for which I am an ambassador in chains.
1:26.5	Pray that I may declare it fearlessly as I should.
1:29.9	This is the word of the Lord. You may be seated.
1:37.3	Well, good morning, church. My name is Susie. I'm a teaching pastor here, and it's good to be
1:42.0	with you again today. Today we're continuing on in our
1:45.6	series, making sense of the church. As we look at metaphors, we find in the Bible that describe the church.
1:52.1	Last week, we looked at the church as a priesthood, and today we transitioned to the church as an army.
1:57.7	And that might feel like a shift, but I always keep in mind the story of the Battle of Jericho,
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