Jesus is Your Sword

Ephesians 6:17 tells us that we need to take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. So you have a sword, but you need to get it in your hands and take it with you wherever you go. It's the Word of God. Jesus is the Word of God, so your sword is Jesus. And one of the things Jesus does is clean up your temple—the inside of you. The sword of the Spirit is not only to help you overcome the enemy, but it's also to help you change your insides. Now changing, well, it’s not easy, so God gives you an awesome, sharp tool to help get rid of the junk. The Bible. The Word of God has information that you don't know, and as you learn it, it’s uprooting and cutting out the hurts, pains and wrong ideas that live in your heart, which makes you smarter. Now, if you’re going to let the Word of God change you, step one is to admit that Jesus knows more than you do. Step two, then, is to get into the Bible and find out what it knows that you don't. We spend time reading Google, or our school textbooks or Facebook, and this isn't creating a better you. But Jesus will; He knows exactly how He created you, and what you have to do to change. So take up that sword of the Spirit, turn it around and let it change you.
Pastor Jason Anderson - The Living Word Bible Church