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Me: \u00a0Trying on your armor?<\/p>\n

Prodigal: \u00a0Yep, you can’t start your day without it.<\/p>\n

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This comes from the book Overcoming Spiritual Blindness by James P. Gills, M.D.<\/p>\n

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Another important article of armor described for the believer is the breastplate of righteousness. \u00a0A sword through the heart would be fatal, so our Captain has given us the crucial breastplate. \u00a0While we cannot boast of any righteousness within ourselves, God Himself provides us with His righteousness.<\/p>\n

Through our receiving Christ as Savior, He has given us His righteousness. \u00a0We stand before God, cleansed from our sin, based on our acceptance of what our Savior did on the cross. \u00a0When He said, “It is finished,” \u00a0all that was necessary to forgive and cleanse us was accomplished. \u00a0Now we are called to rest in His finished work. \u00a0In that way we put on the breastplate of Christ’s righteousness. \u00a0In Christ, God is infinitely pleased with you. \u00a0You are welcomed into His presence at all times. \u00a0“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. \u00a0To be justified is to have the perfect righteousness of Christ credited to your account. \u00a0No matter how completely you may fail and sin, the perfect obedience of Christ grants you God’s pardon and acceptance.<\/p>\n

“Jehovah Tsikenu!”–The Lord Our Righteousness”–is our battle cry. \u00a0He is our strength. \u00a0Our salvation is based on what He did on the cross, to Him be all the glory! \u00a0Accepting this truth alone will protect our hearts from the sword of unbelief that has the thrust to destroy any man’s soul. \u00a0We cannot say it any better than the psalmist did: \u00a0“Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! \u00a0They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance. \u00a0In Your name they rejoice all day long, And in Your righteousness they are exalted. \u00a0For You are the glory of their strength, And in Your favor our horn is exalted” (Ps. 89:15-17). \u00a0This is the voice of the believer rejoicing in the privilege of wearing the breastplate of righteousness.<\/p>\n

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Psalm 33:1<\/p>\n

Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! \u00a0Praise befits the upright.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer \u00a0Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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