The Armor of God – Overview

Armor Of God – Overview

This series will eventually be updated and rewritten, as lead by the Holy Spirit of course. The great thing about this study is that it will take a long time! Depending on how much interaction you have in your study, this could take 2 to 3 months to complete. Of course, you can read it over and cherry pick information for a shorter study. Make sure to read the last two studies, the helmet of salvation (communion week) and the sword of the spirit (just Bible facts) because those are relaxing studies.

This is a quick overview of each teaching and what it entails.

Intro:

The intro is very important, because it will explain what the armor of God actually is and what the armor is not. People think you need to suit up every day, and that’s just not true. The study will show it’s a prayer suit that should never be removed. There is some debunking of popular teachings, which may require you to move slower as people process real truth in their mind. Some people process by talking, encouraging people to take notes is also a way form them to process information more quietly.

Truth – Girded Waist:

This study focuses on what we think might be truth, but not necessarily is truth. For example, “This too shall pass,” people think that’s in the Bible. Another popular misconception mentioned is that Lucifer was the praise and worship leader of Heaven. This study doesn’t badger people into reading the Word, but provides those uh-oh moments so they come to that conclusion on their own. Before moving onto having a teachable spirit, we see exactly who was the young man that followed Jesus after He was arrested. If we don’t want to let go of the bad information we thought was truth, we can never grow. Then the study journeys over to mention something the Holy Spirit often puts in my heart to share, “There is no ministry of corrections,” that is not an office ordained by God. Then the study turns to an important issue, why we should not be reading the Book of Enoch or other “lost books.” Finally, it ends with how to pray from scripture about truth.

Righteousness – The Breast Plate:

This is a longer study, but it’s very important! This study immediately focuses on our spiritual position in Christ. Many people don’t feel righteous, but yet we have been made righteous through Christ. To break up the seriousness about forgiving others, we quickly read a study from 1998 how men’s blood pressure is the equivalent to a fighter pilot while buying Christmas gifts. Women should just accept an apology and buy their own chocolates, flowers, and gifts. Then the study turns to why we shouldn’t condemn ourselves, and we repeat, “I am innocent. I am not guilty. I am shameless. I am blameless. I do not deserve punishment.” Why? Because of the judgement on the children of Israel in the wilderness, the fiery serpents came as a result of sin. After that, the study focuses on Job, his sin that causes all of his woes, and how we can avoid being Job. Then we take a look at the difference between righteous position in Christ, and righteous living. This explains exactly why people don’t feel righteous. The point is farther driven home by using Pigpen as an example of cleaner being closer to God, and then followed up by some examples. This study ends with a very important life-long lesson from The Holy Spirit using Donatello, an Italian marble sculptor, about correcting yourself and correcting other people.

Peace – Sandals:

Peace, peace, wonderful peace. The Bible is full of peace scriptures, but it’s so elusive to us. This study will help answer why we can’t keep peace in our lives; unforgiveness and offense can really wreck our peace. John the Baptist is a great example of how offense can lead to big problems. Another big problem that takes away peace is strife; how God feels about it, and what that means for us exactly. This study ends with a quick look at peace in the fruit of the spirit, and how people may accidently be praying for turmoil in their own life.

Faith – Sheild

This study opens up with some interesting facts on Bible translations and grade level readings, pointing out that we can understand The Word of God. Some people end up with poisoned faith, because they incorporate their belief into the scriptures. Agreeing with this can poison our own faith. Not only should we be guarding our own heart, but building our faith on the Word. Then the study answers the question, what is mountain moving faith and how do we use scripture to activate it. People are encouraged to listen and not run screaming for what a beautiful strong faith teaching that fanaticism has hijacked. After that, the Holy Spirit opens up a revelation in scripture about Balaam and the children of Israel in Numbers 22. The teaching is summed up on how powerful your words actually are, and then it’s compared with the teaching of the most elite military force in the world. Also, why love is so very important to active faith and a memorable story about causing fighting within the Body of Christ.

Salvation – Helmet

The Helmet of Salvation is what started this entire study! I’m most excited about this one. It will be a communion week! It begins with a revelation from The Holy Spirit about why the helmet and the sword are in the same scripture. The Holy Spirit gives us a revelation on how to upgrade your helmet of salvation, by taking communion. It’s not always enjoyable in some church settings, but this study encourages everyone to enjoy taking it at home. Finally, before you take communion together, the study takes a look at the question is communion symbolic or literal in the spiritual realm. Before you jump on the symbolic team, read the study!! You’ll never see communion the same again.

The Word – Sword

A very relaxing and interesting study! Quick humor at the opening saying that it doesn’t matter if the pieces are offensive or defensive, as long as you know how to use them. Brief study on carrying a bigger sword, and then on to archeology and solving some Bible mysteries. The study encourages people NOT to ask a lot of questions, as these are from my extensive readings and studies. Encourage everyone to wait for the handout after class to continue at home! Some of the topics include:
– Portions of the New Testament were written in Hebrew, all the gospels
– David and Goliath – The Weird Ancient Battle of Yelling and Trash Talk, EXPLAINED
– Meeting Jesus in the air – Not so secret secret-time!
– How long were the Israelites slaves? Not 400 years!

Thank you for going through the overview. I hope the study blesses those in your ministry as much as it has blessed those in mine. God is good to us revealing His Word in a new and exciting way.

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