Reply To: Put on the whole armour of God

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Reply To: Put on the whole armour of God

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November 23, 2016 at 9:29 am #3070

spencel

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Since attending Plainfield, armor went from abstract ideas that I repeated, to an active way of living my daily life. This obedience to Biblical precepts correctly taught here leads to spiritual understanding of what we are reading and studying.

“Absolute obedience, and the whole armor of God is on! Disobedience or indifference and the whole armor is off; we live in our sense of self, which is the ‘bottomless pit.'” from Self-Mesmerism by John F. Linscott Journal 1896

“Above all he needs to take the shield of faith (spiritual understanding), and also to take ‘the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God,’ as an offensive and defensive weapon.” The Whole Armor of God by Rev. G. A. Kratzer Sentinel 1906

“That constant radiation of Light is the Armor of Righteousness, which always protects man from his enemy the devil (mortal mind).”Radiation and Absorbtion by A Learner
I understand now that constant radiation means how we think and live. As mentioned last week, not doing this(“bland denial of truth”) is mental malpractice the opposite of the armor of God.