There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

physical (through sickness) or spiritual man. Each Greek gymnasium had specific trainers, many who were former, experienced champions who now trained the young men in the art of wrestling. The body of Christ must maximize opportunities and the experiences of retired ministers along with strong men and women of God to train and teach the younger generation how to fight, endure, and overcome. Special hot baths and hot rooms were used by trainers to cause the wrestler to sweat. Hot baths and especially saunas are known to be good for removing impurities from the body. When we as believers are under a fiery trial of our faith, the intended outcome is to expose and burn out the internal spiritual bacteria and germs, killing them in us and removing any dangerous or spiritually unclean thing from our hearts. There were also special rooms where the trainer took the trainee and would use different types of oils on the wrestler’s body. These expensive oils made the body difficult to grip. As various types of grips and holds were used on the wrestler, his goal was to learn how to escape them, just as our goal is to escape from the snares and traps of the enemy. Oil in the Bible represents the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We must become so filled with the Spirit that we become slippery in the hands of our adversary. Satan had nothing to hold on to in the life of Jesus. Christ told His disciples: I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power