It's called "the Armor of God" because its components are not of our own credit the "shield of faith" to themselves, but this is a recipe for defeat
against the flaming arrows of the evil one. Only a supernatural,
God-given faith can withstand those assaults. We rob God and indeed even
rob ourselves of great resources in the Christian life when we ascribe
any of them to ourselves and not to Christ alone. (Eph 6:10-18)
Scripture
frequently refers to the the LORD as our shield (Gen. 15:1; Ps. 5:12;
Prov. 30:5), so when we take up the shield of faith it means we rest in
the Lord ... in Christ Himself.
The
Holy Spirit has joined us to Christ and our supernatural faith is like a
shield because it continually lays hold of Christ who covers us with
His righteousness which makes us immune to the attacks of Satan. Continue at John Hendryx
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