Last week we talked about Spiritual Warfare.

We have an enemy who is like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8)

He hates us because he hates Christ and wants to destroy us.

Thankfully, Christ beat him once and for all at Calvary with His death, burial, and resurrection.

He’s a defeated foe.

As Christians we’ve been given weapons of warfare to fight against the enemy and his schemes.

These weapons are called the armor of God.

So, today we’re going to look at some of the pieces of that armor.

We are still in the book of Ephesians, chapter 6.

Ephesians 6:14 –

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around our waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place – NIV

Let’s look first at the belt of truth –

Or, as the KJV calls it – having your loins girt about with truth

I went to BlueLetterBible.org and looked this word up in the original Greek.

It had 3 definitions –

What is true in any matter under consideration; in reality; in fact; certainty.

So, this would mean whatever is true of a situation; what’s really going on.

The literal truth of it.

The second definition was:

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