23-0224A_PUTTING ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Psa 18:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psa 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psa 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Psa 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psa 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Psa 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psa 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Psa 125:1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Psa 125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Psa 125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Psa 125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Psa 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Psa 121:1 A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Psa 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Psa 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Psa 121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Psa 121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Psa 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Psa 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
Psa 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
1Jn 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1Jn 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
1Jn 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Psa 31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Psa 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psa 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Psa 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psa 34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Rom 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Rom 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
*SO AS LONG AS WE GET
DELIVERANCE IS THE MAIN THING.
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E-10 Well, that's wonderful. That's fine to see that the first night. Usually the people kind of wait till last, then it's kind of hard. Wonderful to see you here with faith in God, that you believe that God will answer. And He will. He doesn't fail. He just won't fail. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but God delivereth them out of them all." So as long as we get deliverance is the main thing. And we get between straits sometimes as Paul and those others who have gone on before us, the great saints and elected men of God. And we are--know, we can't ask to be immune from troubles, but it always something behind it that God makes it work just right for all of us.
*PAUL HERE IS SPEAKING
OF A SOLDIER DRESSING, GOING TO WAR, A SOLDIER GETTING HIMSELF IN ARMOR,
PREPARING FOR A--A BATTLE…PREPARATION
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And so, Paul here is speaking of a soldier dressing,
going to war, a soldier getting himself in armor, preparing for a--a battle.
And I kind of like the way that he places it: preparation.
E-15 You know, I believe it was Lincoln that said one time,
"In the time of peace, prepare for war." Or it might not have been he, but it
sounds like, seems to me, rather, it was he that made that statement. "In
time of peace, prepare for war." And that would be a good thing for us
to think about. In time while everything is running smooth, you better get
ready, for Satan isn't going to let it run smooth very long. You're in a
convention now, and everything will just pour along fine. But you're going to leave here
in a few days, and you're going to meet the enemy. He might not even wait till
you get ready to leave. He might attack any time. So he's--he's
wicked, ruthless. He just carries on whenever he can. Whatever he
can say or do, he does it right now, he... So it's best to be dressed all the time.
You might meet him out
on the street. You might meet him in your--in the car, hard telling where you
meet him. Or he
will meet you right in the seat there, and me right at the pulpit here,
anywhere. He's just--he's just wicked. And he doesn't care. So we
want to be prepared for it.
And this great teacher, St. Paul, was teaching the church how to put on the armor, and he was likening it to a soldier getting ready for the great battle ahead.
WHEN HE WAS FIRST MADE
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SHIFT FOR HIMSELF, AND GOD TAKEN CARE OF
HIM.
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E-18 I'm glad there's something we can put complete trust in, aren't you? Something that's... We don't have to wonder, think about, just know that we could just rest like little children. I think that's the way we should be, especially Christians. We should be like... In the beginning you notice, man is trying to find that place, because when he was first made in the image of God, he didn't have to shift for himself, and God taken care of him. But since he become a--an alien, or a--a wanderer, then he has to shift for himself, and he's suspicious of everything. He's just (if you excuse the expression) kind of spooky. Everything looks a little leery, he's gone, he don't want to wait for it.
*AND THAT'S THE WARFARE
BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN, A GREAT WARFARE.
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E-21 And you know in this warfare between nations, there's a
great warfare going on beyond that. And that's the
warfare between God and Satan, a great warfare. That was the first warfare,
and it's still raging. But, oh, I'm so glad it'll soon come to an end. Then
it'll all be over. Satan
has his agents out everywhere, watching, spying out on God's people, God's
moves. The enemy is setting everywhere, watching, to see what he can do. And
God's got some out too...?... So we are thankful for that.
And each nation equips its army with the best and the latest equipment that it can find. That's the reason our old equipment becomes obsolete, is because that we find... Like Germany on the radar, and--and different things that we pick up from other nations, and something that we invent ourself. Now, they got a man whirling around in space. They all holler about that you know: "We got a man in space."
*GOD'S GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT FOR US….. HE WILL TAKE US RIGHT THROUGH.
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E-22 Why, that's nothing. We Christians have had one in space for two
thousand years. That's right. They're...?... hollering about that. That's
nothing new. That's old to us; we knowed that all along. So, see? See, that's
just how far ahead we are. They just don't realize it.
Yes, building great big roads and super things like that and trying to make the earth a better place and so forth; they don't realize that the meek's going to inherit it. So there--there you are. So just--just... See, God's got it all figured out for us. That's only thing we have to do, is just hold onto Him and just go right on if have all believing. That's all He asked us to do. He will take us right through.
***HE JUST GIVE US THE BEST; THAT'S HIS WORD.
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E-23 So we find out that these secret agents
of the enemy that sits around... Each nation now, will equips its men with the
latest equipment, the very latest. And they study, and they do everything.
They're trying to counteract the other fellow's weapons, and to get a little
more modern weapon, a little--something with a little more punch to it. From
the bow and arrow to a musket, and from a musket to a modern rifle, and from
that to an atomic; they just keep building. And it keeps them busy all the
time. And it's the nation's business. If they want to survive, they want to
equip their soldiers with the best equipment that there is.
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E-24 Well, God, you know He's infinite. See, He don't have to think anything better. He just got the best to begin with. So you can't improve on it. Nothing to be done about it. He just give us the best; that's His Word. Amen. That's right. That's His Word, the best that can be given. God gives His people the very best. And that's what He chose for His children, the very, very best. I'm so glad of that. I see God, our Father, and the Kingdom that we are delegates of. He's infinite.
*SO WE CAN REST ASSURE THAT AS LONG AS
WE'RE IN HIM EVERYTHING'S GOING JUST FINE.
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E-25 Now, these nations keep building, and studying, and working, and
probing in science, and everything like that. But you see, God being infinite,
therefore He knows the end from the beginning. And before it ever happens He
knows how, when, and where. So we can rest assure that as long as we're in Him
everything's going just fine. No need of being scared about anything.
There isn't anything can bother us. So we're just resting peacefully like
little children, and nothing can harm us. So the infinite God...
You see, that's the reason I believe His Word, don't you? Is because that that Word is He. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word made flesh and dwelled among us." Now. So therefore, God knew that Himself couldn't fail because He was over Satan. So He just give Himself (See?), His Word. So that's the defeat.
*SO THEREFORE WE CAN REST UPON WHATEVER GOD SAYS.
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E-26 Now, God cannot make a decision
today, and tomorrow come back and make a better decision (See?), because His
first decision is perfect. He never has to change it. So therefore we can rest
upon whatever God says. That's the reason that I believe the Bible is God's
Word.
Now, the reason I believe that, that God has to judge the
world by some standard. And if it's by a church, which one is it? See, there's
hundreds of them, and the different churches and organizations. All right. But
you can't... the Lutherans say, "We have it." And the Baptists say,
"No, we got it." And the Presbyterians say, "We got it."
And the Pentecostals say, "No, this is it." The Nazarenes say,
"No, this is it."
You'd be confused. But you see, it's the Word. I--I just believe it's the Word. See? Just take it the way it's wrote and believe it. And it's of no private interpretation, it says. It's just written there.
*AND WHATEVER HE SAYS, THE HOLY SPIRIT
INSIDE OF US JUST PUNCTUATE WITH "AMEN,"
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E-27 And then if He's got to judge
the world by some standard, why, this... He's watched over it, so it's just the
way it ought to be. So I just believe it like that. Just read it and say,
"Yes, Lord." And I believe when we believe God, every time God says
anything, we punctuate it with "Amen." That's right, whatever God
says. He said, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever."
Now, somebody would say, "Well, in a way, I..."
"Amen."
If He said, "Repent and be baptized and receive the Holy
Ghost,"
"Amen," See?
He said, "The just shall live by faith."
"Amen."
And He said, "I'll come again."
"Amen." And whatever He says, the Holy Spirit inside of us just punctuate with "Amen," See? Then look for the next thing. See? Now, that's--that's wonderful that we can have a faith like that.
***NOW, WE FIND OUT THAT GOD GAVE HIS CHILDREN THE BEST. AND THEREFORE HE
DON'T HAVE TO IMPROVE IT.
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E-29 Now, we find out that God gave
His children the best. And therefore He don't have to improve it. He just... He never changes. He hasn't changed one bit since the first time He
gave for His children's protection. Now, when He knew... The war in heaven,
He had to kick out Satan. Then He came down on the earth and fortified His children
with His Word.
I want to ask you something. Just think, that... Now, Eve did not, while she's standing in this great fort--fortress of His Word... Now, Satan was on the outside trying to use some kind of a technique to get her out of there, for as long as she stayed behind the Word, everything was fine. That's where we make our mistake. We make our mistake when we get from behind the Word. So I believe all Bible believers think it that way. We get from behind the Word, then we're in trouble. But as long as we keep the Word ahead of us... Don't get ahead of the Word; let the Word get ahead of you. See? You just let It go first, and you just live right behind It. It plows the ditch, and you just walk in it. See? And that's the way it goes.
***WHEN GOD FORTIFIED HIS CHILDREN IN THIS FORTRESS OF HIS WORD, AND--AND
TOLD THEM, NOW THAT WAS IT...
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E-30 Now, we find then in this great time of--of the beginning, when God fortified His children in this fortress of His Word, and--and told them, now that was it... Now, just think: Eve didn't just turn the whole thing down. She didn't say, "Well, God, I guess, is altogether wrong. I don't believe a word of it." No. "I believe half of it, Lord." No. Satan just misconstrued a little bitty fraction of It, not all of it, just a little bit of it. And because that she listened to that one little term, it caused every funeral procession, made every grave, made every gray hair, every sick baby, every sin that was ever committed, because of just taking one little speck of God's Word and just misplacing It.
*SO THERE IS NO BETTER
WEAPON THAT HE COULD FIND. SO THEN THE ONLY TACTIC HE COULD
USE WOULD BE REASONING.
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E-31 Now, if the infinite God, a God
full of love, to misconstrue His Word (just don't believe all of it, just part
of it), would let all this happen because of just misbelieving a little bit of
It, I believe we're going to have to take every bit of it back again, 'cause
just misturning it, saying, "The Bible
says this, but honest it doesn't mean that." It does mean that.
See? It means
that just that way. So we must keep it that way, the way He said it.
But then Eve would... Now, we're going to find out as soon as she had to get... Satan had to get her attention. Now, remember, he's in warfare with God, and men and women is His children. So He's in warfare with Satan. So now remember, Satan comes down to use a tactic to try to counteract God's warfare, His protection. He's trying to find something that he can, a--a better weapon. So there is no better weapon that he could find. So then the only tactic he could use would be reasoning.
*NO REASONING, DON'T STOP TO REASON. JUST KEEP BELIEVING, JUST BELIEVING
WHAT HE SAID.
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E-32 "Whosoever will..."
"Well, I know the Holy Spirit was for them back in the
early days, but it... Just reasons tell us that we..." Oh, no, don't you
do that. "Whosoever
will... To you and to your children, and to them that's far off, even as many
as the Lord our God shall call." See? No reasoning, don't stop to
reason. Just keep believing, just believing what He
said.
"Well, Brother
Branham, I've sought the Holy Ghost for--for ten years." What you
reasoning about? If you've carried out
His plan, then just go on. Then just believe it. See? He laid down the plan and just follow that
plan. Then it's got to come out right. If
it isn't, then He told something wrong. See? So He can't tell us nothing wrong
and still be God. So you see, you got to
believe it's His Word, or you don't believe Him at all. So--so it's
strange, isn't it? But it's really true.
It really is the truth.
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