Many Christians have heard about this armor of God in a vague sort of way, but few of us have grasped its actual meaning. The armor that God has given you to fight your battles, our battles, the church’s battles is God’s own armor. Think of the firefighter who passes on his helmet to his son. God has been clothed in this armor since before the creation; it is part of him. It was worn by him in the Passover and the exodus. It was proven by him before the walls of Jericho, in the court of Ahab and Jezebel, in Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace. The belt of truth is not philosophical or scientific
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