Ephesians 6:16 (AMP): lift up over all the (covering) shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked (one).
The Apostle Paul urges us to use the shield of faith to quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked one. What are these flaming missiles or arrows? They are thoughts of one kind or another—doubts, fears, worries, and so on. Spiritual wickedness refers to their acts as highly harmful or destructive, with one objective—wickedness or killing, stealing, or destroying through afflictions and oppressions.
Here are some examples of the flaming missiles and how to lift up the shield of faith to quench them with the Word:
Schemes: Don’t be ignorant of his schemes and devices
2 Corinthians 2:11 (NJKV) lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Stalks: Know he exists
1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV) Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Accuses: Know he accuses
Revelations 12:10 (NKJV) Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
Afflicts: Know he is still afflicting
Luke 13:16 (NKJV) So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound — think of it — for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”
Oppresses: He still oppresses
Acts 10:38 (NKJV) how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Deceives: He still deceives
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 (NKJV) The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Hinders: Know he hinders your work
1 Thessalonians 2:18 (NKJV) Therefore we wanted to come to you — even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us.
Murders: He still murders
John 8:44 (NKJV) You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Prompts: He puts evil thoughts into the hearts of people
John 13:2 (NKJV) And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him
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火箭所指何物？
以弗所书6:16 此外又拿着信德当作藤牌，可以灭尽那恶者一切的火箭。
使徒保罗敦促我们用信心的盾牌来熄灭那恶者一切的火箭。这些火箭或箭指的是什么？那就是各种各样的想法——怀疑、恐惧、担忧等等。属灵的邪恶是指他们的行为具有极大的危害性或破坏性，目的只有一个——邪恶或杀戮、偷窃，或藉着苦难和压迫来施行毁灭。
以下是一些火箭的例子，以及如何举起信仰的盾牌，以圣经来灭尽它们：
阴谋诡计：不要不知道牠的阴谋诡计
哥林多后书2:11 免得撒但趁着机会胜过我们。因我们并非不晓得他的诡计。
跟踪：知道牠的存在
彼得前书5:8 务要谨守，儆醒。因为你们的仇敌魔鬼，如同吼叫的狮子，遍地游行，寻找可吞吃的人。
指责：知道牠会指控人
启示录12:10 我听见在天上有大声音说，我神的救恩，能力，国度，并他基督的权柄，现在都来到了。因为那在我们神面前昼夜控告我们弟兄的，已经被摔下去了。
折磨：知道牠还在折磨人
路加13:16 况且这女人本是亚伯拉罕的后裔，被撒但捆绑了这十八年，不当在安息日解开她的绑吗？
压迫：牠还在压制人
使徒行传10:38 神怎样以圣灵和能力，膏拿撒勒人耶稣，这都是你们知道的。他周流四方行善事，医好凡被魔鬼压制的人。因为神与他同在。
欺骗：牠还在欺哄人
帖撒罗尼迦后书2:9-10 这不法的人来，是照撒但的运动，行各样的异能神迹，和一切虚假的奇事，并且在那沉沦的人身上，行各样出于不义的诡诈。因他们不领受爱真理的心，使他们得救。
妨碍：知道牠阻碍你的工作
帖撒罗尼迦前书2:18 所以我们有意到你们那里，我保罗有一两次要去，只是撒但阻挡了我们。
谋杀：牠还在谋杀
约翰福音8:44 你们是出于你们的父魔鬼，你们父的私欲，你们偏要行，他从起初是杀人的，不守真理。因他心里没有真理，他说谎是出于自己，因他本来是说谎的，也是说谎之人的父。
提示：牠将邪恶的思想植入人们的心中
约翰福音13:2 吃晚饭的时候，魔鬼已将卖耶稣的意思，放在西门的儿子加略人犹大心里。
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