The Shield of Faith

Ephesians 6:16
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

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This is the second last piece of armour which we are commanded to take up or wear. We must actively take it up, actively be faithful, actively trust God. How do we do this? We obey God, do what he says to do in the bible. For Roman warriors there were two types of shields: Small shields and then big square shields. The word used here refers to the larger shield. This shield covered the whole body of the soldier so that he could not be hurt, and one manouver used by the soldiers was to bunch together and make a shell of these shields which was impenetrable. We must trust God and know his word, Obey him and so Be able to stand when Satan attacks us. We are saved by faith, not by works, but works prove our faith. This will protect us from Doubt, Persecution and any other attacks Satan throws at us and let us stand firm in God.


Reference:
http://www.preceptaustin.org/new_page_32.htm