How To Protect Your Mind!
"And take the helmet of salvation."
Ephesians 6: 17
Two parts most critical for life are the heart
and the brain. It is no surprise that
soldiers
past and present protect these two parts.
Even ancient soldiers wore breastplates
and helmets.
Paul derived his image of the breastplate of
righteousness and helmet of
salvation from
Isaiah’s image of the Messiah (Isaiah 59:17;
Ephesians 6:14, 17) and used the image of
a Roman soldier as a ready reference for
his readers.
To put on the armor of God is like putting on
the Messiah Himself: His truth, righteousness,
faithfulness, salvation, and Word (Ephesians
6:14-17). But why the helmet of salvation?
How does
salvation protect the mind?
When Satan tempts us to doubt our
salvation and the love of God which
secures it, we rely on what we know
to be true.
Memorize, in your mind: “There is
therefore now no condemnation to
those who are in Christ Jesus”
(Romans 8:1).
"One of the highest and noblest functions
of man’s mind is to listen to God’s Word,
and so to read his mind and think his
thoughts after him."
John R. W.
Stott
