There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

victory! Likewise, Christians can link their shields of faith together when confronting social issues that are contrary to the Bible. One lone Christian with his one shield has less protection from an onslaught of arrows than if he or she were to join with other Christians and link their shield to the faith shields of others. The enemy can throw all the arrows, spears, and fiery darts he wants, causing us to feel the hit but not the pain or the injury, as we are protected behind a wall of shields and undergirded by the faith of God’s army. In Roman times, if a person attempted to jump over the soldiers’ shields, that person would feel the cut from a double-edged sword in the hand of the one bearing the shield. O NE B ODY I believe the body of Christ is lacking in the area of uniting their faith as one. Paul said we are to work “together” (Eph. 1:10; 2:5–6, 22). Paul uses the word one when speaking of Christ’s body, the church (Eph. 2:15–16, 18; 4:4–6). We are instructed to be united in our faith. The Bible says that there is “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Eph. 4:5). But there have been men who have taught or emphasized one truth and made it the sole truth , splitting away from other Christian groups to surround themselves with a following who accept their single doctrine as solo truth. So, everyone has their own denominational or biblical interpretative shield. One person is standing behind their Pentecostal shield. Another may be stooped behind his Catholic shield, and yet another may boast, “Here is my Baptist shield.” The problem is that we end