{"product_id":"2940013618275","title":"THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER                                        PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       I. THE INVISIBLE ANTAGONISMS                   9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      II. THE GIRDLE OF TRUTH                        25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     III. THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS           41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      IV. READY!                                     59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       V. THE SHIELD OF FAITH                        77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VI. THE HELMET OF HOPE                         91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VII. THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT                   109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VIII. THE SOLDIER'S USE OF PRAYER               127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      IX. WATCH YE!                                 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       X. ENDURING HARDNESS                         161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XI. THE INVISIBLE COMMANDER ON THE FIELD      179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XII. THE SOLDIER'S FIRE                        197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIII. THE VICTORY OVER THE BEAST                215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIV. THE COMING GOLDEN AGE                     231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XV. MORE THAN CONQUERORS                      249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE INVISIBLE ANTAGONISMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Eternal God, may no distraction draw us away from our communion\u003cbr\u003e    with Thee. May we come to Thee like children going home,\u003cbr\u003e    jubilant and glad. We have been in the far country and our\u003cbr\u003e    garments are stained. May we hasten to the ministry of\u003cbr\u003e    forgiveness and reconciliation. If we have been on fields of\u003cbr\u003e    heavy battle, where the fire of the enemy has been awful and\u003cbr\u003e    unceasing, may we hasten to Thee for the overhauling of our\u003cbr\u003e    armor, and for the renewal of our strength. If we have been\u003cbr\u003e    called upon to walk weary roads of unfamiliar sorrow, may we\u003cbr\u003e    turn to Thee as to refreshing springs. If we have lapsed from\u003cbr\u003e    our high calling, may we renew our covenant. If we have missed a\u003cbr\u003e    gracious opportunity, may we seek another chance. If we have\u003cbr\u003e    been counted faithful in any service, and have fulfilled our\u003cbr\u003e    commission by the help of Thy grace, may we hasten to give the\u003cbr\u003e    glory to Thee. Unite us, we humbly pray Thee, in the holy bonds\u003cbr\u003e    of Christian sympathy. Deepen our pity so that we may share the\u003cbr\u003e    sorrows of people far away. May we feel the burden of the\u003cbr\u003e    burdened and weep with them that weep. May we not add to our sin\u003cbr\u003e    by ceasing to remember those who are in need. Grant peace in our\u003cbr\u003e    time, O Lord, the peace which is the fruit of righteousness. Let\u003cbr\u003e    Thy will be done among all the peoples, so that in common\u003cbr\u003e    obedience to Thee all the nations may find abiding union. Amen._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE INVISIBLE ANTAGONISMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be\u003cbr\u003e    able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to\u003cbr\u003e    stand.\" Eph. 6:13.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet me give one or two other translations which devout scholars have\u003cbr\u003emade in the attempt to bring out the precise significance of Paul's\u003cbr\u003eoriginal words. Many interpreting minds act like the solar spectrum, and\u003cbr\u003ethey help to display the wealthy contents in the pure white light of\u003cbr\u003egospel truth. Here then is Dr. Moffat's translation: \"So take God's\u003cbr\u003earmour that you may be able to make a stand in the evil day and hold\u003cbr\u003eyour ground by overcoming all your foes.\" And here is Dr. Weymouth's\u003cbr\u003efine attempt to elicit the buried wealth of the apostle's words: \"Put on\u003cbr\u003ethe complete armour of God so that you may be able to stand your ground\u003cbr\u003eon the day of battle, and having fought to the end to remain victors on\u003cbr\u003ethe field.\" That is a translation which stirs one's blood, and I am\u003cbr\u003einclined to regard it as a very vital interpretation of the rousing,\u003cbr\u003esoldierly counsel of the apostle Paul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe apostle is writing to a tiny company of Christians at Ephesus, so\u003cbr\u003etiny that they are like a drop in a bucket in the midst of that teaming\u003cbr\u003epopulation. For this is what has happened. Under the constraining\u003cbr\u003einfluence of the gospel of Christ this little handful of men and women\u003cbr\u003ehave done one of the hardest things we are ever called upon to do. They\u003cbr\u003ehave cut themselves away from old fellowships. They have separated\u003cbr\u003ethemselves from the fond attachments of a lifetime. They have severed\u003cbr\u003ethemselves from venerable roots. They have forfeited dear and vital\u003cbr\u003efriendships, and they are now living an alien life within the circle of\u003cbr\u003etheir own city. They are strangers in their own home. They are\u003cbr\u003eforeigners in their native land. They are pilgrims in their own country.\u003cbr\u003eThey are in it and yet not of it. They are like tropical plants which\u003cbr\u003efind themselves in the Arctic Zone. And it is to this little company\u003cbr\u003ethat the apostle writes this letter, and to them he gives the inspiring\u003cbr\u003ecounsel of my text: \"Put on the complete armour of God that ye may be\u003cbr\u003eable to stand your ground in the day of battle.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177636479216,"sku":"2940013618275","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013618275_p0.jpg?v=1763583470","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013618275","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}