Ephesians 6;14b The Breastplate of Righteousness

Sermon Outline

1. Introduction
2. What is a breastplate for?
3. What is righteousness?
   1. Righteousness is not the same as self-righteous (Phil 3:4-7)
   2. Righteousness is related to Faith (Rom 1:17)
      1. Appealing to Christ
      2. Christ the only Righteous one (Rom 3:10)
      3. Imputed Righteousness, i.e justification (Phil 3:8-9, 2Cor 5:21)
   3. Righteousness is also related to behavior (Eph 4:24, 1Tim 6:11, 2Tim 2:22)
      1. A righteous life is living in conformity with the law of God, love him first and loving our neighbor as ourselves.
      2. Rom 6:13, 6:16
      3. Phil 2:13
   4. Faith and love as a breastplate (1Th 5:8)
4. Why do I need righteousness in the Spiritual Battle?
   1. Without Righteousness we are mortally vulnerable.
   2. Satan hates righteousness (Acts 13:10, Rom 13:12)
   3. Satan attacks us at our emotions, our will, our life center to discourage us and only the R of Christ imputed to us and the growth in R in our life will sustain us against the attack!