Armored Up – Part 5
August 22nd, 2021
“The Breastplate of Righteousness”
Text: Eph. 6
Ephesians 6:14
14. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Truth is: Finding what God or about a
Righteousness means: The standard which God to be to Him.
Righteousness is really the of the Truth in my
What is the opposite of righteousness?
is …
or operating or thinking in to the Truth.
Prov. 4:23
23. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Some things about the Breastplate
• It was
2 Cor. 5:21
“For he hath made him [Jesus] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Romans 3:21-22
“But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe….”
2 Thess. 2:13 (NLT)
13 As for us, we can’t help but thank God for
you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation—a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.
• It gives you
1 John 5:13-14
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. And this is the confidence….”
(Vs. 14-15)
“And this is the confidence [Greek: great boldness] that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him”
Acts 3:1-8 (NKJV)
• It acts as a
Isaiah 61:10
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Prov. 10:30
“The righteous shall never be removed …”
• Righteousness is an
Proverbs 14:34
“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.”
Hab. 2:14 (NLT)
For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the LORD.