Ephesians 6:10-18
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
A few weeks ago Pastor Greg talked about how lots of movies try to destroy the world. In most of these movies usually a hero or superhero steps up to save the day.
What’s going on? Why do we keep telling stories about destroying and saving the world?
Even if we don’t define it in spiritual terms, we know that there is a battle of good versus evil in our world. We know that we are part of this battle. Somehow, deep inside, we know that there are forces of darkness and evil in this world that are stronger than us, bigger than us.
We know that we need help from someone bigger, someone stronger, someone more awesome than we could ever be. We know we need a hero. And so we have a whole genre of fiction and movies with superheroes.
Today, as we continue our Family Movie Series in the month of August, we’re looking at the movie THE AVENGERS.
