Putting On the Whole Armor
A little further reading of the Scriptures will show that in putting on each separate piece of the armor, and in putting on the whole armor, we are simply putting on the Lord Jesus Christ. Compare the following expressions with the armor as listed above: “I am . . . the truth;” “the Lord our righteousness;” “He is our peace;” “Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;” “the author of eternal salvation;” “His name is called The Word of God.” With the whole armor on, we are completely hidden in Christ. Whatever comes to us must come through Him. Whether the enemy attacks us in the front or in the rear, it is all the same, “for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.” If the enemy makes a side attack, he will find every position guarded, for “the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.” It is our acceptance of the “unspeakable gift” for all that Jesus is to those who believe in Him, that settles the whole matter, and makes us “more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” Thus we enter into the experience of those saints of old, “who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.” “By faith, they, like a whirlwind’s breath,
Swept on o’er every field;
The faith by which they conquered death
Is still our shining shield.”