Putting on God's Armor: The Christian's Ultimate Defense Against Satan's Attacks | Jonny Ardavanis
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Jonny Ardavanis
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🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Learn how to put on the full armor of God to stand against spiritual attacks and the schemes of the devil. In this powerful teaching, we break down Ephesians 6:10-18 and provide practical strategies for spiritual warfare in your daily Christian life.
This episode explores:
- Why understanding Satan as your enemy is essential for spiritual victory
- The six pieces of God's armor - belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, gospel boots, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and sword of the Spirit
- How to maintain personal integrity as your first line of defense
- The power of Scripture memorization to combat specific temptations
- Why your position in Christ is your strongest protection
- Practical applications of faith in daily spiritual battles
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." - Ephesians 6:12
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| 0:00.0 | We need to have a view of Satan to the degree that the scripture speaks of, |
| 0:04.8 | where we are desperate for the resources that God provides, |
| 0:08.6 | or we will not stand a chance against the devil and his demons. |
| 0:12.8 | The first thing that we do when we put on the armor of God |
| 0:15.3 | is that we make a total commitment to live a life of integrity. |
| 0:19.8 | It's not just the truthfulness of God's word here, |
| 0:21.7 | it's the truthfulness of our own spirit, because you can't fight sin, you can't fight the devil |
| 0:26.5 | if you're currently compromising in sin and falling consistently, I would say, and secretly, |
| 0:33.4 | into the devil's schemes. I don't think people think about the reality that my failure to preach the gospel |
| 0:39.3 | actually makes me vulnerable |
| 0:41.3 | in spiritual attacks from Satan |
| 0:44.3 | because God uses my own proclamation |
| 0:46.3 | of the gospel to others and to myself |
| 0:48.3 | as this tuning fork |
| 0:50.3 | and as my footing in the battles I'm facing. |
| 0:53.3 | I'm facing. |
| 1:02.2 | All right, Hank, question for you as we begin. |
| 1:06.4 | Your thoughts on me buzzing my head for the summer? |
| 1:08.9 | I'm going to have to take a pass, |
| 1:12.0 | and I think that's more of a wisdom question that the Bible probably doesn't speak to specifically, |
| 1:14.4 | but I would counsel you against it. |
| 1:16.0 | Listen, I'm just telling everyone preemptively, |
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