Billy and I were chatting the other day and he said "Dang I didn't expect this much work for missions training. I have to memorize so many bible verses!" And I had an epiphane... memorizing verses is just like loading bullets into your gun!
It may be tedious. But you don't want to go to the frontlines and find yourself with an empty cartridge. Whether it's for defense or offense, we gotta lock and load:
1) Defense - Jesus was tempted 3 times by the devil. Each time, Jesus defended Himself and fought against Satan with Scripture.
2) Offense - The Bible tells us to put on the whole armor of God: the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, shoes of readiness, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit. Only ONE offensive weapon--and that's "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Eph 6:17)"
*In gangsta terms, they call that 15 + 1. That means your 9mm handgun is locked and loaded. 15 bullets in the clip, and 1 in the chamber... ready to fire and kill someone at any moment. Be ready to kill Satan at a moment's notice.
Lock and load baby. 15 + 1.
It may be tedious. But you don't want to go to the frontlines and find yourself with an empty cartridge. Whether it's for defense or offense, we gotta lock and load:
1) Defense - Jesus was tempted 3 times by the devil. Each time, Jesus defended Himself and fought against Satan with Scripture.
2) Offense - The Bible tells us to put on the whole armor of God: the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, shoes of readiness, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit. Only ONE offensive weapon--and that's "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Eph 6:17)"
*In gangsta terms, they call that 15 + 1. That means your 9mm handgun is locked and loaded. 15 bullets in the clip, and 1 in the chamber... ready to fire and kill someone at any moment. Be ready to kill Satan at a moment's notice.
Lock and load baby. 15 + 1.
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
[Psalm 119:11]
4 comments:
bang bang.
i'm never loaded.
haha. 15+1, nice.
that's a pretty crazy analogy.
encouraging post
i like!
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