If You’re In The Ring With It, You Can Defeat It (Part 4)

If You’re In The Ring With It, You Can Defeat It (Part 4)

“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28

Fear is a very effective weapon in any war. An enemy’s objective is to invoke terror on his opponent with the intention of causing them to concede in defeat. More powerful, efficient, and accurate weapons are created to assist in the enemy’s objective. A nation’s enemy will use any viable option to obtain information on that nation’s arsenal. With modern technology, computer spies will even break into data systems to obtain access to design plans, performance statistics, or other vital information because by obtaining such information on the design of a weapon, you can develop a proper defense against it.

That’s why God told us not to fear, because He created the blacksmith that makes the weapon designed to kill. He also created the destroyer. So there is no weapon that He will allow to be created that will destroy you (Isaiah 54:16-17). If there was a concept of a weapon that could take you out, He would not even allow it to succeed against you!

Here’s proof: The Bible says that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Death is not merely the cessation of natural life because once the spirit and soul depart from the body, natural death occurs, but your soul and spirit live on in eternity somewhere. A spirit that has not been regenerated, or born again, will spend an eternity disconnected from God in hell. So God took it upon Himself to forever deal with the sin issue. God the Father sent God the Son to die in our place, paying the penalty of sin, and forever breaking the power of our spiritual enemy. Isaiah 59:16-17 (NKJV) “[The LORD] saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; and His own righteousness, it sustained Him. For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.”

Through Christ’s completed work “death is swallowed up in victory” (1 Corinthians 15:54). That’s not all, the righteous armor that the Lord put on to secure our victory in Isaiah 59, He has given to us in Ephesians 6. This armor is tried and true! It has been proven and will not fail. So check your armor. Make sure every piece is on and effectively being used. Because when you’re fully armored it doesn’t matter what you’re going through, you’ll be left standing!