Gifts from God: Part 7

Sword of the Spirit

Ephesians 6:17

and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, (ESV)

In the previous part of this verse, we were told to take

the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword.

The two go hand in hand.

The knowledge of the one comes through the 

acceptance of the other.

True wisdom is from God, told to us in His Word.

Knowledge of the Word is revealed through

the Holy Spirit, who intercedes on our behalf.

John 16:7

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth:it is to your advantage that I go away,

for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you.

But if I go, I will send him to you.(ESV)

So who is the Helper?

g3875. παράκλητος paraklētos; an intercessor, 

consoler:— advocate, comforter.

The Helper is only given to those who know the Lord

John 14:16-17

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, 

to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth,

whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.

You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. (ESV)

What does the Helper do?

John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,

he will teach you all things

and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. (ESV)

How does the Helper relate to the Sword?

1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God,

for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand

them because they are spiritually discerned. (ESV)

The word of God is written and named, The Bible.

In it, we find true wisdom, revealed to us by the Spirit of God.

it is a two edged sword piercing through the soul.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than

any two- edged sword, piercing to the division of soul

and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and

discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (ESV)

With this Sword, we pierce into the darkness of this world,

and reveal truth and light, and the darkness cannot stand

against it. For the wisdom of man is folly!

What will you strike at the darkness with?

Will you battle with your own wisdom against the world?

We fall and are trampled unless we are

fully armored! 

Take up the Word, the Sword of the Spirit?

Cut through the darkness and be a light unto this world!

For the light of the world is Jesus!

For unto Him be all glory, honor, dominion, power, and might, 

forever and ever, Amen!