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life.” He’s not working in one area of your life, He’s working in
every area of your life! You didn’t receive a little piece of God. “I
received Him as Savior, now I’ll receive Him as Lord. Then I’ll
receive Him as Priest and Prophet.” NO! You received Him as
God. As a whole Person. If you have Him as God, then you have
Him as Lord, Savior, Priest, Prophet, Advocate, Bridegroom,
Wonderful Counselor and God Almighty. You have Him in
every way. You are clothed in all of God. You couldn’t be richer.
That’s why He ends this way. Christians, standing there clothed
in God from head to foot, with all the hosts of hell surrounding and
watching. Nothing could be greater than this picture of His love,
protection, and provision.
Here at the end of the book, is a vault, full of wealth and treasure.
He hands you the key and says, “Take what you want, help
yourself…go nuts”. In his marvelous little book on Ephesians, F.
B. Meyer said,

“God will only ever, give you one gift. The Lord Jesus Christ.
You will spend the rest of your life unwrapping it.”

I like that. God only gives one gift. If you have Christ, you have
salvation, you have righteousness, you have truth, you have
peace, and you have “The sword of the Spirit”. Now
remember, who wields that sword. It’s the, “The sword of the
Spirit”. He’s the one wielding it. Listen to Hebrews 4:12,

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any
double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and
spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes
of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s
sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes
of him to whom we must give account”.

God doesn’t hand out scalpels to children. Thousands miss it.
We all have blood on our hands from slicing friends, family, and
strangers, with what we thought, was “the word of God”! Powered
by our immature and emotional understanding, we have tried to
convict people’s hearts. Forgetting, or never knowing, only God’s
Holy Spirit, can do that. We foolishly try to imitate our Lord’s