Equipped to Withstand...

1 Pet.1:18-21

18For you know that it was not with perishable things

 such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life 

you inherited from your forefathers, 

19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

  20He was known before the foundation of the world, 

but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

21Through Him you believe in God, 

who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; 

and so your faith and hope are in God.

Rom.12:1

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters,

 in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, 

holy and pleasing to God—

this is your true and proper worship.

Faith's battlefield and alter look very much like

common ground of today...

Let's lift a hymn of praise to the Giver of the Victory/Harvest

Equipped to win the victory

To shoulder worship’s price

Equipped to offer faithfully

Love’s living sacrifice

The armour of the Lord is sure

No chink or blemish mars

That which equips us to endure

Faith’s suffering and scars

…for we all were bought with a price

Not gold or silver weighed

But with the blood of Jesus Christ

Redemption’s cost was paid

And all who repent and believe

Confessing creature-sin

Are born again and will receive

God’s power from within

Equipped for crucifixion too

Of everything but Christ

Equipped to be a Soldier who

Lives to be sacrificed

Knowing that life depends on death

Whether of seed or will

Equipped to prove with gifted breath

Whose purpose we fulfill

Equipped with the power to pray 

With faith's Defence, unflawed

Equipped to withstand evil's day 

With the Armour of God

Janet Martin

Eph.6:10-18

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

 11 Put on the whole armor of God, 

that you may be able to stand against the [b]wiles of the devil. 

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, 

but against principalities, against powers, 

against the rulers of [c]the darkness of this age,

 against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, 

that you may be able to withstand in the evil day,

 and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, 

having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 

16 above all, taking the shield of faith 

with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 

17 And take the helmet of salvation, 

and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 

18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, 

being watchful to this end with all perseverance 

and supplication for all the saints—