Panoply Series – Part 6 – Standing Firm Till the End

It has been a while since I last posted part 5 of our Panoply Series.  To review each section of the series, please go to the sidebar under Categories and choose Panoply Series to take you to the full list.  With thanksgiving to God, we proceed now with part 6 by reading Ephesians 6:13: Therefore, [...]

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Panoply Series – Part 5 – Unmasking the Enemy

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers, against the spiritual forces in the heavenly places.” – Ephesians 6:12 In part 4 of our series, we are commanded to put the whole armor of God to protect us against the different methods by which [...]

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Panoply Series – Part 4 – Getting Ready For Warfare

It has been a while since the last post on our Panoply series taking us about 4 weekends to piece out the details of truths contained in Ephesians 6:11 – Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.”  “Put on the whole armor of God…” The panoply is [...]

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Panoply Series – Part 3 – Our Lord of Power and Might

Ephesians 6:10 – ‘Be strong in the Lord…’ – “Endunamousthe en Kairos” in Greek. A sampling of the root verb endunamoo in the New Testament is listed below to give us an idea how it is used in the Scriptures: Acts 9:22 – But Saul increase all the more in strength… Phil 4:13 – I [...]

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Panoply Series – Part 2 – Last But Not The Least…

Finally, my brethren… – Ephesians 6:10 “Last but not the least” is what I will say as this narrative on the full armor of God section begins. The word ‘finally’ in the Greek is tou loipou which means ‘as for the rest’ but it must not diminish the importance of the narrative.  It was not an [...]

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Panoply Series – Part 1 – Two Kingdoms at War

Today’s reading is Ephesians 6:10-20 (ESV http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Ephesians+6%3A10-20 ) A quick overview of this section reminds us of the following things: (1) that the Christian is involve in a warfare, (2) that the warfare is spiritual wherein the controlling powers of darkness are unseen influencing the unbelieving world, (3) that the current inhabitants of this world are categorized in [...]

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Panoply Series – Introduction

One of Ephesus’ most famous structure of antiquity today is the Temple of Artemis (what remains of it) which is recognized as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.  From the account in the book of Acts (ch. 18:24 – 19:41; 20:17-36), the place was marked with the worship of the goddess Artemis, demonic possession, occult and [...]

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