Put on the whole armour of God

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The more time I spend at Plainfield and use the practical teachings here I realize this is the armor we are told to put on.

Mrs. Eddy writes, in Miscellany, “Good thoughts are an impervious armor; clad therewith you are completely shielded from the attacks of error of every sort.” and “Meekness is the armor of a Christian, his shield and his buckler.” Message for 1902

It is taking me time to see that what protects us is our thoughts and attitudes, right thinking. Working with a practitioner here is building the wall(protection from error, like Nehemiah rebuilding the wall to protect the city) with stones of gratitude. obedience, joy, forgiveness, good will, courage, strength, humility, unselfishness which protects us from the enemy of negative thoughts. Like Nehemiah I am learning from lack of watching that I don’t have time to come off the wall and stop this work of right thinking.

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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.

[DaleW]

Thank you for these posts — good reminders!

[Michael Pupko]

Thank you for the insight!! I also found additional verses in Ephesians 6 very helpful; 13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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