Sermon 2025.10.26 (Pastor Tim Lindner)

SERMON NOTES – October 26, 2025Series: Ephesians: God’s Plan to Reconcile All Things in ChristText: Ephesians 6:13-14Topic: Waging Spiritual Warfare (Part 2) Attribute: Praise Christ as the Victorious King GOD’S IM: “Tighten up the belt and put on the breastplate I have given you, so that you may stand firm in the face of the evil of this world!”Notes: “… everything that is given to us to make our victory possible is from Christ. Is it truth (vs. 14)? He is the truth; he is the one who said, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’ (John 14:6). Is it righteousness (verse 14)? He is our righteousness. Paul writes, ‘Christ… has become for us wisdom from God - that is our righteousness, holiness and redemption’ (1 Cor. 1:30). Is it the gospel (vs. 15)? The gospel is the gospel of Christ (Mark 1:1). Is it faith (vs. 16)? It is faith in him (Gal. 2:20). Salvation (vs. 17)? Christ is our salvation; he achieved it by his death on the cross (Acts 4:10-12). Even prayer is by the channel that he has opened up for us (Heb. 10:19-20). None of us can stand against the spiritual forces of evil in our own strength - not even for a moment. But in Christ we can fight on to victory.” - James Montgomery BoiceR_______________ (vs. 13)Ephesians 6:10-11Exodus 15:3Psalm 35:1-3Isaiah 42:13“…when Paul speaks of the ‘armor of God’, as he does in Ephesians 6, he is not thinking of it only as the armor which God supplies - his in the sense that he gives it - but rather that it is God’s own armor, that which he himself wears!” - James Montgomery Boice B_______________ of T_______________ (vs. 14a)Ephesians 1:13Ephesians 4:21B_______________ of R_______________ (vs. 14b)Proverbs 10:16Proverbs 12:28Romans 3:10-12Isaiah 59:17IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE:1) “How do we do this? Not in our own strength, for “the whole armor of God” in his armor. Therefore, it is not by self-reliance, but by dependence upon him… In conscious dependence we must cultivate truth through reading his Word… In conscious dependence, we must revel in the breastplate of his righteousness and allow what clothes us to fill our souls, so that we become instruments of wonderful spiritual aggression.” - Kent Hughes2) Stand in Christ!Jesus has given, is giving, and will give you everything you need to stand firm in the faith, withstand the attacks and schemes of Satan, and make it safely through these evil days! 3) Grow in your knowledge of the truth!Day by day, grow in your knowledge of the truth. This won’t always come quickly, easily, or even enjoyably, but it is vitally important! 4) Rest in righteousness! Rest and revel in Jesus’ righteousness, because it is the only thing that will save and protect you from the condemnation of sin and make you truly righteous! Music and word rights reserved. CCLI License