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| Sheila Walsh: Stand Firm in Your Faith | 5 Minutes With Jesus | June 26, 2026
- The son of god
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- Used the word of god to combat the enemy of god.
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- Get that?
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- That is huge.
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- That is how we stand.
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- We're not defenseless in this world.
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- God's word is powerful.
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- There are areas that you feel vulnerable,
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- And you just have to get your dagger ready.
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- So, number one, memorize those verses
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- To speak to the areas where you feel vulnerable.
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- Number two, meditate on those verses and commitment
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- To your heart.
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- Number three, remember who you are in christ.
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- Number four then in the power of jesus,
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- Stand.
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- My husband barry and i love watching cooking shows.
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- Whether it's the great british baking show or next level chef,
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- We love them.
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- And one of bobby flay's newer programs,
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- The guest judge, has to be able to repeat
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- A password to be allowed into the kitchen.
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- Without that word.
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- They are behind a locked door.
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- One little word opens up their world.
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- As paul is bringing his letter to the ephesians to a close,
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- He knows that the world these men and women are living
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- In is not a world friendly to the gospel.
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- Much like ours,
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- They are facing increasing persecution for their faith.
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- What i find fascinating about this picture,
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- And the way he pictures a battle is this one word stand.
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- This is what he writes.
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- Ephesians six therefore put on every piece of god's armor
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- So you will be able to resist the enemy at the time of evil.
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- Then after the battle, you will still be standing firm.
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- Stand your ground.
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- Putting on the belt of truth
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- And the body armor of god's righteousness for shoes.
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- Put on the peace that comes from the good news
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- So that you will be fully prepared.
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- In addition to all of these.
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- Hold up the shield of faith
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- To stop the fiery arrows of the devil.
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- Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword
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- Of the spirit, which is the word of god.
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- What i think of people in battle
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- Stand is not the word that comes to mind,
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- But honestly, as believers, that's all we have to do
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- Because christ has already won the battle.
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- We don't have to run around
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- Trying to fight everything that comes our way.
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- We stand.
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- And paul writes that after the battle is over,
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- I'll still be standing
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- And he lets us see just how to do that.
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- He says
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- We take the sword of the spirit, which is the word of god.
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- Now, the word that paul uses in this passage here for sword
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- Is not the word that's used for the long roman sword.
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- It's the word materia.
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- That is the word that is used for a short sword or dagger.
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- Close up contact.
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- And if you look at this passage in your bible, you'll see that
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- In the phrase word of god, word is not capitalized.
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- That's very significant in most of scripture.
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- When we see the phrase, the word word is capitalized.
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- That is the greek word logos, meaning the entire word of god.
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- What paul is using here is the greek word
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- Rhema, which means a spoken word.
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- Not the entirety
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- Of the word of god, but a particular verse or phrase.
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- And the absolute
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- Perfect illustration of this is found in luke chapter four,
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- Where christ is led by the spirit
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- Into the wilderness to be tested by the enemy.
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- Then jesus,
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- Full of the holy spirit, returned from the jordan river.
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- He was led by the spirit in the wilderness
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- Where he was tempted by the devil for 40 days.
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- Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
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- Then the devil said to him, if you are the son of god,
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- Tell the stone to become a loaf of bread.
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- But jesus told him, no, the scriptures say
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- People do not live by bread alone.
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- Then the devil took him up and revealed to him
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- All the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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- I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority
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- Over them.
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- The devil said,
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- Because they're mine to give to anyone i please.
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- I'll give it all to you, if you will worship me.
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- Jesus replied, the scriptures say
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- You must worship the lord your god and serve only him.
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- Then the enemy did it.
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- A third time and again christ's response was a rhema word
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- From god's word.
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- You must not test the lord your god with that.
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- Jesus stood firm and the enemy left him.
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- So think about it.
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- The son of god used the word of god to combat the enemy of god.
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- Get that?
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- That is huge.
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- That is how we stand.
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- We're not defenseless in this world.
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- God's word is powerful.
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- There are areas that you feel vulnerable,
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- And you just have to get your dagger ready.
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- So, number one, memorize those verses
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- To speak to the areas where you feel vulnerable.
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- Number two, meditate on those verses and commitment
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- To your heart.
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- Number three, remember who you are in christ.
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- Number four then in the power of jesus, stand.
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- Let's pray.
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- What i want to thank you for the power of your word.
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- I want to thank you
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- That everything that we walk through, everything
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- We struggle with, you've already addressed in your word,
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- And you have
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- Given us the weapons we need to be able to combat the enemy.
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- Thank you that we don't do that in our own strength.
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- We do it by the power of your word.
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- In jesus name, amen.
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