OPINION:
An army infantry soldier never heads into war without full battle gear – helmet and body armor – or without carrying offensive weapons. No, that would be unwise, nonsensical, and just plain stupid. A soldier without body armor is defenseless and vulnerable to attack, injury, and death. A soldier without offensive weapons cannot fight back. An unarmed, ill-equipped soldier will lose.
Similarly, Christians must be fully armed for today’s raging war against truth, freedom, and righteousness. More and more Americans, led by our current administration and fed by media, political opportunists, and academic elites, are turning to lawlessness and perversion, oppressing freedoms, celebrating evil, and denying the Biblical foundations of our country and trying to take our children with them.
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We are in what the Bible calls “the evil day” in Ephesians 6:13. The elections this year may be more important than ever before in U.S. history.
That is exactly why it is so important for Christians to heed Ephesians 6:10, 6:11: “Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies] that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil.”
I had the privilege of growing up in a family devoted to protecting and serving the United States of America. My Dad, a retired Marine Corps officer, served in Vietnam and was shot down evacuating a Medevac helicopter of wounded out of the jungle. Although he survived, found unconscious in a tree, his crew and the wounded his helicopter carried did not.
His father, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, was killed during the Normandy invasion of WWII. My maternal grandfather retired from the U.S. Coast Guard as a Master Chief Engineer. My husband was an Army counter-intelligence officer during the Cold War in Germany, who followed his family legacy – his father served as an Army officer and fought in one of the bloodiest battles in history, the Battle of Okinawa. My step-father is a retired Army colonel (serving in the second Gulf War) and my brother is federal law enforcement.
My family knows the importance of protecting what is valuable – what must be honored, loved, appreciated, and held dear. In the same way, all Americans must protect the foundations of the survival of our nation, all of which are being threatened (freedom, rule of law, truth and justice, life and family) in our laws, policies, culture, and daily lives.
God gave us the protective armor and weapons mentioned in Ephesians 6 to “successfully stand up against [all] the strategies and deceits of the devil.” These are the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, the shoes of the Gospel of peace, the shield of faith, and the sword (an offensive weapon) of the Word of God. Read and study this scripture, and know the Word of God, so that you too can be fully armed.
As we approach the upcoming elections and contemplate the future of the U.S., remember we are not alone in battle. We have been equipped and empowered by God Himself! The Passion Bible Translation says it this way: “… Be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of His explosive power flowing in and through you.”
We can be victorious! Yes, we can save the U.S. from the “evil day,” as we stand and fight in the full armor of God.
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Shea Bradley-Farrell, Ph.D. is an expert in national security and foreign policy, and president of Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research and Education in Washington, D.C. Her latest book “Last Warning to the West” is available on Amazon.
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