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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 39
Ephesians 6:1-24
Now we’re going to cover the territory of dealing with our adversary Satan and the powers that be. Now verse 10.
Ephesians 6:10-11
There is no way that we humans can bind Satan. Satan is a spirit being, and God in the power of an angel will one day, as we see in Revelation chapter 19, bind him and put him in the pit for a thousand years. Look at verse 11 again.
Ephesians 6:11
Where you can you think of an instant where someone resisted Satan? Well the Lord did in Matthew chapter 4. With the Word of God. We can not bind him, but we can resist him by the Word of God! Matthew 4:1-3
Matthew 4:4
The Scripture! Now coming back to the Book of Ephesians, as you look at these verses in whole, there is not one word in here that we are to attack Satan. Satan, I think, is periodic in his attacks on the believer. Now moving on to verse 12.
Ephesians 6:12
Here Paul writes in the conclusion of this great chapter of Romans 8 about our security as a believer.
Romans 8:38
Paul knew that better than anyone. Nero. It was under Nero of course that Paul was finally put to death.
Now I have to feel as I study some of these things that some of the freedom that Paul experienced in his earthly prison experience was because there was another emperor – Nero came in a little later. So Paul writes from a position of full understanding what it is to be up against the powers and principalities and the wickedness, and darkness of this world. Well it’s the Satanic powers, and the things that are constantly producing such wickedness. Ephesians 6:13
Now another point I like to make is, if Paul is in prison in Rome, who is constantly in his presence? Roman soldiers, as one of them was usually chained to him. Paul was such a tremendous witness for the Gospel that even these pagan Romans soldiers, as they took their place as his personal guard, by the time they rotated out to another place of service, what where they? Philippians 1:13
"So that my bonds (those chains to which he was attached to a Roman soldier) in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;"
Here Paul is closing the letter to the Philippians and says the following.
Philippians 4:22
I think that they went to the ends of the Roman empire, and that is why that Paul could write to Titus in chapter 2 the following.
Titus 2:11
"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath (already) appeared to all men."
Now if you’ll come back to Ephesians chapter 6, we find that Paul writes from first hand experience of the preparations for battle that the Roman soldier had to go through. Also that all of these things that Paul mentions are defensive weapons. Now verse 14.
Ephesians 6:14a
Paul is going to bring that now into the Spiritual realm, and so as the Roman soldier had his loins protected with some sort of armour, we too are to have our spiritual loins girt about with truth. The name of Christ!
If we’re literally protected by the presence of Christ, then Satan can’t touch us. Always remember Satan can’t touch us without God permitting it to happen. Let me show you in Ephesians chapter 1.
Ephesians 1:13
"In whom ye also trusted, (in Christ in verse 12) after that ye heard the word of truth, (an again I can put the term Christ in there for truth, which is) the gospel of your salvation:(that’s when we became a believer. Ephesians 6:14b
"...an having on the breastplate of righteousness:"
Now those of you who remember when we taught back in Romans chapter 3, how do we receive the righteousness of God? Now let’s look at Romans chapter 3 for a moment. Now verse 21 and 22.
Romans 3:21-22a
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:..."
Righteousness! God’s righteousness is imputed to us, it covers us, it’s our defense against the powers of darkness. Isaiah 61:10
"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he (God) hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,..."
Oh as God’s righteousness has been imputed, it becomes the breastplate that Paul talks about in Ephesians chapter 6. And it’s our defense against the powers of the evil one. Now coming back to Ephesians for just a moment, let’s look at verse 15.
Ephesians 6:15
Now can you imagine a Roman soldier out on the battle field in briars and sharp rocks with nothing to protect his feet? There’s a couple of good verses for that where we have the feet referred to in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament,. Always remember, the feet are beautiful in the sight of God when we take the Gospel to other people.

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