Able to stand firm
by David Guzik – Enduringword.com Today I want to talk to you about the ability to be able to stand firm and to speak to you from Ephesians chapter 6 verses 14 and 15 where we read this. “Stand therefore having girded your waste with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness and having shod/sandaled your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace.” In order to stand in the Christian life, to stand amidst the inevitable conflict and struggle that comes and goes as we live for God, we are given essential help and this help is represented to us with the pictures of equipment that a Roman soldier might have. In this last part of Ephesians chapter 6 verses 14 and 15, the Apostle Paul relates a particular part of the Roman soldier's equipment, their distinctive sandals. As it connects to the Christian experience, those sandals are like having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Now notice the preparation of the gospel is repre