Where did Paul go to prepare to preach the Gospel?
4. Arabia
In the book of Revelation, what was the name of the old serpent?
1. The Devil
On watching Jesus’ arrest and trial, what disciple claimed three times he didn’t know the Lord?
4. Peter
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Where did Paul go to prepare to preach the Gospel?
In the book of Revelation, what was the name of the old serpent?
On watching Jesus’ arrest and trial, what disciple claimed three times he didn’t know the Lord?
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In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.
-Ephesians 6:16
So what are the fiery arrows of the devil?
Temptations.
I talked quite a bit about temptation in another post, but after yesterday’s post, with faith as our shield, I thought it would be nice to add a little to our allegory-ish thing with the fiery arrows of temptation.
When you think Marvel, “the shield” normally makes you think of Captain America’s shield (or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…), and “arrows” normally make you think of Hawkeye. (Quick note: Everything I know about Hawkeye comes from watching the Avengers, and my friends talking about him. So… don’t judge.)
So, when Hawkeye shoots one of his explosive arrows, what normally happens afterwards?
Yep. Ka-poof. That’s what happens when we give in to temptation. Now, maybe it doesn’t get that bad, but consequences always follow sin. Even if it doesn’t seem like anyone will ever find out.
So use your shield of faith to block the arrows of temptation. Cuz the devil won’t mind if you blow up.
If you want to read more about temptation, check out my previous post about it.
In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.
-Ephesians 6:16
With our faith, we can block the flaming arrows of the enemy, like a shield. Paul was probably thinking about a Roman shield, kind of like this one:
Maybe. The Roman’s shields were made out of wood, but they were covered in leather so they wouldn’t catch on fire, which was a big part of their battles. (Thank you, Pastor Tim from Wayside!)
When we think of shields, we normally think of something more like this:
Sorry, I couldn’t help it… But, although this shield would definitely stand up pretty good to some flaming arrows (now there’s an idea, Marvel!), it doesn’t provide quite as much full-body protection. See what I mean?
The stronger your faith is, the better your shield will be, and the better you’ll be able to guard yourself against the devil’s flaming arrows of temptation. Which just might be mentioned in the next post.
(I can’t help it… which shield would you rather have? Why?)
Proverbs 31 Teen 