Sermon: The Helmet of Salvation

“The Helmet of Salvation” Ephesians 6:17a May 9, 2021 Pastor Tony Felich  Sermon Application [file]    ----more---- Isaiah 59:15 Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. [16] He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him. [17] He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; 1 Thessalonians 5:8b … Let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, [15] and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. [16] In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; [17] and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God… The helmet of salvation concerns the assurance of our salvation and the confidence it brings for the battle.   Salvation -     •       Forgiveness of sins      •       Deliverance from Satan’s bondage      •       Adoption as children of God       •       Resurrection glory      WCF 18.2 This certainty is not a bare conjectural and probable persuasion, grounded upon a fallible hope; but an infallible assurance of faith, founded upon the divine truth of the promises of salvation, the inward evidence of those graces unto which these promises are made, the testimony of the Spirit of adoption witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God; which Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance, whereby we are sealed to the day of redemption.