Title: 16-
Author: Joe
Last saved by: PJD
Company: GDC

99-02-07-B.JSH-094 / 

©℗ 1999  Joe Griffin	Joshua

Psalm 119:48 cp./w Heb 12:12, Comparison between the Roman & Christian Soldiers’ Armor, Weaponry, Training, & Combat, Eph 6:13-17

16-	In Ephesians 6, Paul gives us an excellent illustration of the Christian soldier’s spiritual armor by comparing it with that of the Roman soldier.
Ephesians 6:13 -	[CTL] Because of this [ the Angelic Conflict ], pick up and put on the full armor from God, in order that you might have the ability to resist in the evil day, even after having achieved everything to oppose the forces of Satan.
v 14 -		Stand fast, therefore, having buckled your belt around your waist by means of doctrine, also after having put on the body armor of righteousness [ experiential sanctification ].
v 15 -		Also having put combat boots on your feet, with the equipment of the Gospel, even reconciliation.
v 16 -		In addition to all these, having picked up and carried the shield of faith with which you shall be able to extinguish all the flaming missiles from the evil one.
v 17 -		Also, receive the helmet, which refers to salvation; also, the sword of the Spirit, which is doctrine from the source of God.
17-	The Christian reversionist cannot accomplish these spiritual duties involved with the Angelic Conflict because his hands are listless and his knees are disabled.
18-	In order to return to the battlefield, in order to restore his lost expertise in spiritual warfare, he must enter into a recovery process.
19-	Recovery begins with rebound followed immediately by a return to the drill field under the power of the three spiritual skills: the filling of the Holy Spirit, the Grace Apparatus for Perception, and the deployment of the ten problem-solving devices.

20-	Just as you do not return to top physical condition by going to the gym for a couple of days and then taking 10 days off, so also you must get back into a consistent regimen at Bible class.
CTL:	“Restore to strength the listless hands and the disabled knees …”
Next comes the perfect passive participle from the verb:
	paralÚw /paraluo /  -	“weakened,” or “disabled”
Again we see a verb used as an adjective describing the plural of the accompanying noun:
	gÒnu /gonu /  -	“knees”
21-	Note that disabled knees would keep the believer from advancing on the run as is required by:
Hebrews 12:1 -	For this reason, since we also keep having such a great battalion of witnesses motivating us, having stripped for action every impediment and the sin which so easily ensnares us, let us advance on the run with endurance in the conflict marked out for us.