An
Unsheathable Sword
The Armor
of the Sword of the Spirit (Part 5)
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Title:
An Unsheathable Sword -----------------------
Date: 05/05/1999
Keywords:
"Bible"
"Scripture" "sword" "word of God"
Welcome
to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand
strong in the face of sexual temptation.
The
following is one of 42 studies on the "armor of God"
as it relates to resisting Web porn. Some of the
studies will examine Ephesians chapter six, which is
famous for the armor theme. Some of the other studies,
however, will examine how the armor pieces are
discussed elsewhere in Scripture. All 42 studies are
listed in the three-minute
study index
for the dates April 1 through May 12, 1999. Feel free
to study and/or download the entire set.
We
welcome your feedback to this thematic approach in the
three-minute
studies.
Passage:
2 Timothy 2:8-9*
8. Remember Jesus Christ,
risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to
my gospel,
9. for which I suffer hardship
even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of
God [emphasis added] is not imprisoned.
Questions
1. When people are
convicted of crimes and placed behind bars, they lose
certain freedoms. What freedoms do they lose? What
restrictions do they experience while they are in
prison?
2. In the verses above, the
apostle Paul tells us that he was imprisoned. However,
he tells us that the word of God (in prison with him)
was not imprisoned! In what sense was the word of God
not imprisoned?
3. What does the fact that the
word of God cannot be imprisoned tell us about its
character?
Practical
help
Practical help: The word
of God is powerful. It cannot be imprisoned. You
cannot sheath the word of God. No matter the setting
in which it is placed, it is still the "unshacklable"
word of God. We can’t put handcuffs on the word
of God. There is no way to take away the word of
God’s freedom and ability to perform its
work.
There are men and women who can
testify that at moments of great temptation to sin,
they have remembered the word of God and been
delivered. They stood tall and didn’t fall. This
can be your testimony, too.
When you are tempted to tune in
to pornography’s frequency, let fly with the word
of God. Turn to your Bible. There is power in what God
has said to resist temptation. Learn it,
love it, live it — and let it
loose!
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW
AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The
Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972,
1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
permission."