In the armour of God most of the things described are things that our used for our defence. They are things to protect us and to keep us going. There is one thing though that we are to use in the offensive. Our weapon, or our sword, is the word of God. One of the reasons I think that Paul wrote Hebrews is because of this quote from the book. ‘Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.’
There are a lot of things we are tempted to use as our offensive weapon. . We are tempted to use our own wisdom or knowledge or eloquence or persuasion or any number of things to persuade people of the truth of God’s word. We can be tempted to depend on human logic.
But all of these things are going to let us down. He one weapon we can always depend on is God’s word because He promises us that His word will not return void. It is never a waster to proclaim it because it will do what He wants it to do. We never know what God’s word will do, but we do know that it is the only thing that can truly work in the thoughts and intents of man.
We will be mocked. People will scoff and make fun. We may even be attacked, but God’s word will do God’s work. . We must be bold to proclaim it without apology.
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