Understanding the Breastplate of Righteousness

Summary: Do you ever feel like our side is losing in the spiritual battle—that the powers of darkness and evil are winning? Perhaps more specific to our own lives, do you ever wonder why the Christian life is so hard, why sin so easily ensnares us, why our whole-hearted resolve on Sunday to love Jesus better by obeying him more has given way to blatant sin by Sunday night? Today we continue our series, Winning Spiritual Battles Because We Use Our Spiritual Weapons. Paul tells us that to fight evil we must put on the breastplate of righteousness. But most of us don’t even know what the breastplate of righteousness is, much less how to put it on. At the end of this episode, we want everyone to have a clear picture of what this piece of armor is and begin winning more spiritual battles because we put it on.

 For Further Prayerful Thought: 

1.  What is the motivation for hungering and thirsting for righteousness for one who is confident of God’s unconditional love? How does that contrast with the moralist’s view of the moral law
2.  What is the difference between seeking righteousness and being legalistic?
3. How would you summarize Paul’s command to put on the breastplate of righteousness? What stood out to you about HOW to do this?
4. How is the fourth beatitude (Matt 5:6) a prerequisite for putting on the breastplate of righteousness?

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