The Breastplate of Righteousness
The Breastplate of Righteousness is an interesting piece of armour, of course I would probably say that about each piece. It's protection is 2 fold it protects you from Satan and from others. Satan the great deceiver wants to trick us into thinking that we need to do good deeds to earn eternal life. It's silly. But God's not our enemy. We don't need to do good deeds to get to heaven. We could never be good enough or righteous enough, besides Jesus already died for us so we can have eternal life. No, good deeds don't protect us from God. But the Breastplate of Righteousness does a good job at protecting us from Satan. Or at least it should, if our loins are covered by truth. Satan can't stand it when we are being little goody goodies. Your Breastplate of Righteousness makes Satan hate you more, but it also protects you more from Satan. Righteousness also protects you from other people. People aren't and shouldn't be your enemy. Doing good or righteous deeds to others should make you the best of friends. Now after all this talk on righteousness I want to make sure you know what it means. I have heard that it means good deeds. Also I have heard that it means upright living. What does it mean to live uprightly? Check out Psalm 15 Lord , who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord . He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. - Psalms 15 Here are some more great verses: If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:21-32 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Colossians 3:8-10 I want to close with this quote "The Breastplate of Righteousness is less to please God, More to protect us from Satan."
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