“Putting on God’s Armor” - Episode 4 in the series, “Discerning the Spirits - Finding Christ’s Voice”

In this episode we dive deeper into the Christian world-view that orients us as to who our ‘enemies’ are - and perhaps even more important for our growing capacity of discernment, who they are not. Working with Paul’s letter to the Ephesians we learn that the enemies of our true humanity, the adversaries we encounter on the path, are “spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12). A view of a dynamic cosmic drama opens and reveals that we are facing enemies that far outrank us in the universe. Therefore, in order for us to stand with Christ on this spiritual battleground, Paul instructs Christ’s disciples to put on “the armor of God”. Jonah and Patrick begin to unpack specific characteristics of God’s armor, as well as how we might grow into receiving it.

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