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Timothy Keller: 基督徒生活是一场属灵争战，但与世俗生活不同的是，基督徒拥有神圣的资源来应对挑战。这套属灵的盔甲包括真理的腰带、公义的胸甲、平安福音的鞋、信心的盾牌、救恩的头盔以及圣灵的剑（上帝的话语）。其中，真理的腰带和圣灵之剑都强调了圣经教义的重要性。穿上真理的腰带意味着完全信靠圣经的权威，即使这与现代文化相冲突。圣灵之剑则代表着运用圣经的智慧和知识来积极应对挑战，战胜敌人。这需要对圣经有深刻的理解和应用能力，能够在实际生活中运用圣经的原则。Keller牧师还强调了教义的重要性，认为基督徒不能避免教义，并且每个人都在某种程度上持有某种教义。他以自身经历为例，说明了在生活中运用圣经教义的重要性，以及如何通过对圣经的学习和默想，获得属灵的智慧和力量。 Timothy Keller: 要熟练掌握圣灵之剑（上帝的话语），需要多种途径，包括正式的圣经学习、与其他基督徒的交流、个人默想和学习等。 同时，他也指出，许多基督徒并没有真正穿上真理的腰带，也没有拿起圣灵之剑，这需要他们更多地学习和默想圣经，才能在属灵争战中获得胜利。他以多个圣经故事为例，说明了如何在生活中运用圣经的智慧和知识来解决问题，战胜挑战。

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Dr. Timothy Keller explains that the Christian life is a fight, not a path to peace and tranquility, and emphasizes the importance of divine resources provided by the Holy Spirit.

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If you thought when you became a Christian you were leaving the fight to get into peace and tranquility, Paul says you were wrong. The Christian life is a fight. But now you have divine resources. 

We come now to the last piece of the armor of God: “the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” At the beginning and at the end of talking about how to live a victorious Christian life, Paul talks about the Bible. It shows that everything we do in putting on the armor is a matter of taking Scripture and digesting it, applying it, working it out. 

Let’s look at how 1) the truth is in the beginning of the armor, 2) the truth is at the end of the armor, and 3) how to take it up.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 12, 1992. Series: Spiritual Warfare – The Armor of God. Scripture: Ephesians 6:14-18.

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