Sword Of The Spirit!
"And take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God."
Ephesians 6: 17
In
the New Testament, there are two primary Greek
words behind the English word for “word”: logos and
rhema. Think of logos as a book or concept and rhema
as a sentence or saying. Biblically, think
of logos as
the Bible and rhema as a saying or verse within the
Bible.
When Apostle Paul referred to “the word of God” as
“the sword of the Spirit,” he used the
word rhema for
“word of God.” He's saying that we take up a portion,
a verse, or a promise in Scripture when defending
ourselves in spiritual warfare.
That’s what Jesus did
when He defended Himself
against the temptations of Satan in the wilderness.
Three times He quoted verses from Deuteronomy
to refute Satan’s carnal attempts (Matthew 4:1-11).
Just as Jesus quoted the Old Testament from
memory in the wilderness, so must we
commit
Scripture to memory so it is always at hand
when Satan attacks.
Satan
has no defense against the power of
the truth of God. Take a few moments today
to begin memorizing Ephesians 6:17.
"The Bible is a rock of diamonds, a
chain of pearls, the sword of the
Spirit."
Thomas Watson
