Eph 6 The full armor of God.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[c] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.
The Lord woke me up this morning and told me someone I love very much has taken parts of the armor of God off, it was very sad. The armor works best together. If we want the enemy in, then we should take parts of it off, but if we want to stand strong, let us "be empowered to put on the full armor of God" the be empowered part is translated by the Literal Translation, by Jay Green, it tells us we can't even do that by ourselves!
Verse 8 of chapter 6 says that "wether slave or free whatever good we do we will receive the same from the Lord."
It seems God requires us to do good, and to be fully armored at all times.
"Lord help us to simply follow You and not the pattern set forth in this world, which is so selfish, and so us centered, it's so wrong. But let us live to please You, the author and finisher of our faith, He alone is able to empower us to be fully armored, He's the only One that owns a belt of truth, a helmet of salvation, the right shield of faith, and the only breastplate that actually holds the only righteousness that does any good. He is the only One that has a Sword of the Spirit, and He's the Only One that can shod our feet with the preparation of the gospel. "Lord help us to trust in You more, we really need You, we really can't do this on our own, help us to be faithful, truly faithful, all the way through, in Jesus Name, amen."