Tempe Nazarene Church
July 8, 2007
Pastor Brian Delbridge


“Stand Firm”

Armor Of God Series—Part 4
Ephesians 6:15

  1. Introduction
  2. The Fitting Of Our Feet
    1. When Our Feet Are Fitted Properly We:
      1. are prevented from slipping
        1. God is looking for people who will stand
      2. are mobile
        1. We must not be slow
        2. If we cannot change we are useless in battle
        3. Our success is dependent on our ability to quickly respond to His:
          1. suggestion
          2. stimulus
          3. moving
    2. We Must Be Alert
      1. Satan drives us to extremes
      2. He can openly attack like a lion
      3. He can be deceptive
      4. Many are seeking the sensational
      5. Others want to be tolerant
  3. Fitted With The Gospel Of Peace
    1. Peace with God

      2. (Romans 5 NLT)
      1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
      2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

      6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
      7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
      8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
      9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
      10For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
      11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

    2. Peace within

      3. (Romans 8 NLT)
      38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
      39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

      (I Corinthians 1 NLT)
      8He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
      9God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

      (Jude NLT)
      24To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
      25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

    3. Peace with each other

      4. (Philippians 2 NLT)
      2 …then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
      3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
      4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

  4. Conclusion

© 2007 Dr. Brian Delbridge, all rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, © 1996, 2004.
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