Jesus didn’t come to give us self-help tips – He came to transform hearts. In this message from Ephesian 6, we’re reminded that life isn’t a practice round; it’s a battlefield, and the heart is where the enemy aims. The breastplate of righteousness is not optional – it guards the very center of who we are. We are not fighting people, but spiritual powers, and this is ultimately God’s battle, not ours. Paul isn’t calling us to earn righteousness, but to stand firm in the righteousness Christ has already given us.
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21
When our hearts are rooted in Him, protected by His righteousness, we are equipped to stand strong in the world without being overcome by it.
