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Ephesians 6:10-18

The lesson this morning from the Letter to the Ephesians speaks of our need for spiritual armor.  This is so we can withstand evil forces, “for our struggle [in this world] is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places…”  For many people, perhaps many of you gathered here, “spiritual armor” is not something quite in vogue.  That’s my hunch.  You probably have up-to-date anti-virus software on your computer; you will take seriously your doctor’s recommendation to have an H1-N1 swine flu vaccination this fall; you wash your hands before you eat; you accept our country’s need for military defense to guard us against adversaries…  All of these are protections to ward against enemy forces, whether armed confrontation or in the form of viruses and germs.   But your sense of need for “spiritual armor” may not garner much of attention.  It should. Read More