THE SURE PROTECTOR

2 Corinthians 1:7-11
7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

Life is brimming with complex difficulties which can be overpowering. These difficulties have disappointed a few people to the degree that they give up on life itself. Driving them to take drugs, join the mysterious or even submit suicide, all in an offer to "get away from" the truth of life's issues. I implore that you will never be overpowered by the difficulties of life in Jesus' Name. Our Lord Jesus Christ did not state we would be invulnerable from hardships throughout everyday life (John 16:33); rather He furnished us with the beyond any doubt defensive layer with which we can stand up to and triumph over everything the adversary tosses at us. To be successful throughout everyday life, you have to first comprehend that life's most destroying fights are not physical, but rather otherworldly. Difficulties that have their inception in the soul domain must be gone up against with otherworldly apparatuses, which may seem silly to the normal man. To enable us to triumph, Ephesians 6:14 presents two imperative segments of our defensive layer: Truth and Righteousness.

An existence of truth is a straightforward and legitimate life that depends on the expression of God, which Jesus announced to be reality (John 17:17). Carrying on with an existence of truth is capable (2 Corinthians 4:2). Lies of any shape are of the villain, thus when you carry on a lie, the fallen angel will have a dependable balance in your existence with which to burden you (John 8:44). Be that as it may, if your life depends on reality of God's oath, the villain will discover nothing in your life to use against you. This was the situation with our Lord Jesus Christ on the night he was sold out. The fiend came to look at His life if to be sure He was without wrongdoing before heading off to the cross of Calvary, so he could blame Him for it and demolish crafted by salvation before the last lap even began. In John 14:30 the Lord stated: “Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”

Express gratitude toward God Jesus had truth in His covering and there was no lie in Him. Little ponder He pronounced to Pilate that reality was truth was the reason for His life (John 18:37). The bosom plate of exemplary nature is another official piece of our protective layer. 2 Corinthians 6:7 says: “By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,”

Honesty is a blessing that places us in right remaining with God and produces an existence of uprightness in us (Romans 5:17, Ephesians 4:24). Having gotten the endowment of exemplary nature, we are enabled to take every necessary step of honesty (1 Corinthians 15:34, Romans 6:18). Remaining upon and strolling in Christ' honesty vanquishes each fierceness of the demon against us. Are truth and exemplary nature part of your protective layer today?

LESSON: In the event that the fallen angel looks at your life, will he discover a lie that he can use as an a dependable balance for his assault?