<TITLE>05. Par 19-22</TITLE>L-19 You know, after all I--I did get a uniform. You might not see it on the outside, but it's on the inside as... I'm going to speak on that just in a few minutes. And I hope that I can live so it will show on the outside, is my prayer.
Let's read now out of the Scripture, 6th chapter of Ephesians, 10th verse beginning.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,... in the power of his might.
Putting on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of... darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
And above all, take the shield of faith, wherein ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of faith, which is the word of God.
The army of the United States didn't receive me because, I suppose, there were men more eligible. But I'm glad that I got enlisted in an army of the Lord. And He gave me a uniform.

L-20 Paul here is speaking, is talking about preparing a soldier for battle. The Gospel has many leans. You can liken it unto one thing or another. And Paul speaks of it as a runner in Hebrews the 12th chapter. "Seeing that we are compassed about with such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sins that easily beset us." He's speaking there of the Olympics, or perhaps the Roman Circus. And so now he's speaking of armored men going into battle and how he's got to prepare himself.
I was thinking this afternoon, being that we're closing out here in this armory today, that I would take that for a text. "To Take On The Whole Armour of God," be equipped, be ready, because we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against Satan, God's enemy, principalities, and wickedness, and evil spirits, wickedness in high places. And we're pressing towards the mark of the high calling, and we are certainly in a battle.

L-21 And no nation would dare to send a man on the battlefield untrained. He might not only get himself killed but another group. He doesn't know how to take a hold, and so he must be prepared for it. And the nations are wise to that. They get their men ready.
Now, the spy system of the whole world, you know, it's so that even though we be friends with other nations like England and--and our--our allies, yet we have spies in England; and England has spies here. And we have spies all over the world, and the world has spies here, whether we're friendly or not friendly. It's the system that they use. It just seems like that you, in that national affair you cannot trust anything.

L-22 And you know why? Is because the whole world is controlled by Satan. Every kingdom in the world is ruled by Satan. We hate to think that, but that's the Scripture. You know, the enemy taken our Lord up into a high exceeding mountain, exceedingly high, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and said, "They are all mine. I'm the ruler of them. I do with them whatever I want to, and I'll give them to you."
Watch the wisdom of the Lord Jesus staying with the Word of God. He knew He'd fall heir to them in the Kingdom, in the Kingdom that is to come in the millennium. So He said, "Get thee hence, Satan."


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