{"id":3402,"date":"2017-02-21T11:06:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T17:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2017-02-21T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T17:10:20","slug":"does-the-bible-defend-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=3402","title":{"rendered":"DOES THE BIBLE DEFEND ITSELF ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible lists five pieces of defensive armor for Christians:<\/p>\n<p>The belt of TRUTH.<\/p>\n<p>The breastplate of RIGHTEOUSNESS.<\/p>\n<p>The shoes of the GOSPEL OF PEACE.<\/p>\n<p>The shield of FAITH.<\/p>\n<p>The helmet of SALVATION.<\/p>\n<p>Use them for personal protection and defense against attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bible lists one offensive weapon:<\/p>\n<p>The Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God&#8212;THE BIBLE.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Does a sword need protection?<\/p>\n<p>Only when not in use, sheathed.<\/p>\n<p>Does the Bible need protection?<\/p>\n<p>Only, perhaps, when we keep it closed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Does a sword provide defensive protection in its sheath?<\/p>\n<p>It only works offensively, in hand, in use, in combat.<\/p>\n<p>Does the Bible provide defensive protection, closed?<\/p>\n<p>It only works open, in use, read, spoken, lifesaving in spiritual combat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Open your Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Read your Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Do not hesitate to quote the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>It has far more power than our words.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Word will not return empty, but will accomplish that for which it is sent.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible lists five pieces of defensive armor for Christians: The belt of TRUTH. The breastplate of RIGHTEOUSNESS. The shoes of the GOSPEL OF PEACE. The shield of FAITH. The helmet of SALVATION. Use them for personal protection and defense against attacks. &nbsp; The Bible lists one offensive weapon: The Sword of the Spirit, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-faith_based","category-inspire_lifter","category-political-cultural"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3402"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3406,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402\/revisions\/3406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}