Surely nothing has done so much harm to the true doctrine of sanctification as what are generally described as “devotional talks.” It is a part of this same “nice teaching” — quiet devotional talks, with simple affecting illustrations! But that is not what the Apostle is talking about. What we have here is the exact opposite. We have a martial atmosphere, we have a rousing, stimulating call. It is a trumpet call — “BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT. PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD.” Do you not hear the bugle, and the trumpet? It is a call to battle; we are being roused, we are being stimulated we are being set upon our feet; we are told to be men. The whole tone is martial, it is manly, it is strong.
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, “The Christian Warfare: An Exposition of Ephesians 6:10-13,” pg. 21-22
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