Be Strong in the Lord
Pastor Kevin Sadler
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might” (Eph. 6:10).
As Paul begins to close the letter to the Ephesians, he addresses
the spiritual warfare of the Body of Christ. Paul’s
instruction is for us to “be strong in the Lord, and in the
power of His might.” In this spiritual battle, we need
spiritual strength. As we are on the Lord’s side, Paul points
us to the Lord Almighty, from Whom we are to get our strength.
In this epistle, Paul has been showing believers that we are “in
Christ,” in perfect, eternal union with Him. Being in Christ,
we find that His life is our life and His power is our power.
We, the Body, draw the strength and power for living the Christian
life from our living Head.
“What is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead…” (Eph. 1:19,20).
Being strong in the Lord and in the power of His might has to do
with living by faith in the resurrection life and power which resides
in every believer through Christ. The same power that raised
Christ from the dead is the same power we’re to use to stand in
this spiritual battle. The strength of the Christian life is
dependence on God. So Paul points the Church to be “strong in
the Lord,” to depend upon Him.
Before salvation, Paul says we are “without strength” (Rom.
5:6). We are weak and absolutely unable to please God or save
ourselves. Salvation is only through trusting Christ, and by
Him alone we have victory over sin’s penalty and punishment.
After trusting Christ as our Savior, we are still weak in ourselves,
and in the Christian life our sufficiency must be of God (II Cor.
3:5). Victory over sin’s power in our lives occurs the same
way we are saved from sin’s penalty, by wholly trusting Christ and
Him alone. His strength is more than sufficient for the battle,
and we are guaranteed victory over anything Satan throws at us when
we turn to our Lord (Phil. 4:13).
The question was asked in a Sunday School class: “How can we
defeat Satan?” One little girl answered, “Let Jesus answer
the door when Satan starts knocking.” To be instructed to be
“strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” tells us that
our might is not strong enough for us to be able to stand in
this spiritual battle, and it tells us that we face an enemy much
stronger than we are apart from Christ. Therefore we need the
infinite power of our Lord in this spiritual battle, and we
appropriate that strength by yielding to the indwelling Spirit,
through prayer and dependence on God, and by knowledge of, faith in,
and obedience to His Word, rightly divided (cf. Eph. 6:17,18).
Thank You Lord
For Saving My Soul.
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Transformed By
Grace -
Kevin Sadler
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