Salvation is to receive the very Mind,
Nature, and Spirit of our Heavenly Father into our minds,
coupled with our human spirit, to create a new creature in
Christ within us!
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
To possess the "helmet of salvation," you need to know you
are saved! Notice that! I did not say "think" you are saved;
or "hope" you are saved! I said you need to KNOW your ARE
SAVED!
God's Word tells us that salvation is complete when God's
Holy Spirit begets us as His children! Just as you were
human, and a member of your family from the instant of
conception, so it is that, at the moment God places His Holy
Spirit with your human spirit, you become a child of God, a
"new creature in Christ."
Scripture tells us, "He that believeth on the Son of God
hath the witness in himself, he that believeth not God hath
made Him a liar: because he believeth not the record that
God gave of His Son. And this is the record..." NOTICE THIS!
NEVER FORGET IT! "...that God HATH GIVEN TO US ETERNAL LIFE,
AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. "
This is past tense! It is a past act. It is something which
has already been accomplished, not something which is yet to
be decided, or something still in doubt!
The way to wear the "helmet of salvation" is to know you are
saved, to know you are the child of God, to know you are a
"new creature in Christ," to know you will be in God's
Kingdom. That way, you will be wearing the "helmet of
salvation" when you wage your daily battle against Satan and
the world! |