The Sword of the Spirit part 3
Welcome to “Called to Glory,” the cutting-edge Christian podcast dedicated to helping you know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. In this series, we’re looking at what the apostle Paul described in his epistle to the Ephesians as the sword of the Spirit.
Almost everyone seems to assume that because Paul said the sword of the Spirit is the word of God he was referring to the Bible. Using the context, language and meaning of the original biblical texts, however, I will show beyond any reasonable doubt that Paul was in fact NOT referring to the Bible – at least not directly - when he exhorted the saints to “take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
And in doing so, we'll be looking at the true word of faith Paul referred to in Romans 10:8, prophecy, spiritual warfare and the various ways in which the true sword of the Spirit is - and is not - intended to be used.
By the time we’re done, I believe you’ll be quite blown away. Not just at the shallowness of the modern understanding of the sword of the Spirit but also at the richness, power and importance of what Paul actually said and meant!
Soundtrack music:
"Advent" by Ben Winwood
"Awakening" by LNDÖ
"Awake My Soul" by Salt of the Sound
"Call of Kingship" by Cody Martin
"Fractured Time" by Cody Martin
"Hatikvah" by Ian Post
"Lamentation" by Ian Post
"Mind Heart" by Tristan Barton
"The Heir" by Emmanuel Jacob
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Excerpted with permission from "The Sword of the Spirit" © 2006 by Ray Stedman Ministries. All rights reserved. Visit RayStedman.org for the complete library of Ray Stedman material. Please direct any questions to webmaster@RayStedman.org.