The Armor of God, Pt 2 (Ephesians 6:14)

John MacArthur on The Belt of Truthfulness:

This is what I read you earlier. First Peter 1:13 and 14, “Gird up your loins, pull in all the loose ends of your life.”

Now the identification of this is it is the belt of truth, or aletheia. You could say that’s content and you would be true, you would be right. Aletheia can refer to truth and surely that’s an important element of it. We need to be committed to the truth.

But it’s more than just the content because later on there’s another piece of armor called the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. So we’re not so much talking about the fact that we go to war wielding the Word of God here, as we are talking about aletheia not as truth, content, but as truthfulness, attitude. In other words, it is that we are seriously committed to the battle. Because we believe the truth, because we love the truth, we go to war for the truth. We pull in all the loose ends. This is sincerity, if you will, truthfulness, integrity, true dedication. It is not so much content as it is commitment. Attitude is the real issue here. We have a heart for the battle. We’re not out there unprepared. We’ve got all the loose ends pulled together. We’ve put on the sash that holds our weapons and marks us as soldiers. We have a heart for battle. We’ve counted the cost. Like Jesus said, you don’t go to war unless you count the cost. The true Christian loves the truth and is ready to fight for the truth. We will earnestly contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. We’ll go to battle for the truth, but we’ll go to battle truly for our own spiritual protection.



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