第五项、救恩的头盔
这是为着遮盖我们的心思、思想，抵挡那恶者射到我们里面的消极思想。这样的头盔，这样的遮盖，乃是神的救恩。撒但把威吓、忧虑、挂虑和其他叫人软弱的思想，注射到我们的心思里。神的救恩就是我们抵挡这一切所拿起的遮盖。这样的救恩，就是我们在日常生活中所经历那拯救的基督。
撒但火烧的箭乃是透过我们的心思临到我们的。因此，正如我们的良心需要义的胸甲，我们的意志需要信的盾牌，照样我们的心思也需要救恩的头盔。我们需要真理、义、和平、信，然后是救恩。义产生和平，和平给我们立场得着信，然后信带进救恩。
第六项、那灵的剑
在神军装的六项中，惟有这一项是为着攻击仇敌的。我们用剑砍碎仇敌。然而，我们不是先拿剑；我们必须先束上腰带，穿上胸甲和鞋子，然后拿起信的盾牌和拯救的头盔。这样，当我们完全受到保护，并有救恩作我们的分时，我们才能接受那灵的剑。
十七节清楚指明，那灵就是神的话。那灵和话都是基督。基督作那灵与话，能供我们进攻的剑，杀败我们的仇敌。十七节的“话”，原文是rhema，雷玛，就是那灵在一切情况下，所说即时的话。这样的话就是剑。剑、那灵和话，三者乃是一。
当我们从事属灵的争战抵挡仇敌时，我们惟一的武器乃是那灵─话，就是剑。我们不用技巧；我们挥动那灵的剑。我们用真理束腰，我们的良心被基督作我们的义所遮盖。然后，我们有和平作我们稳固的根基。我们能向全宇宙夸口：我们与神、与人都没有问题，因为我们站在基督在十字架上所成就的和平之上。不仅如此，我们还得着信之盾牌的保护，并蒙受救恩之头盔的防卫。因此，当我们祷读主话时，每句话都成了“雷玛”，就是砍碎仇敌的剑。这样，胜利就是我们的。这就是穿上神全副的军装。
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The Whole Armor of God (4) – Eph. 6:17
The Fifth Item: The Helmet of Salvation
The helmet of salvation is for covering our mind, our mentality, against the negative thoughts directed at us by the evil one. Such a helmet, such a covering, is God’s salvation. Satan injects into our mind threats, worries, anxieties and other weakening thoughts. God’s salvation is the covering we take up against all these. Such a salvation is the saving Christ we experience in our daily life. Satan’s darts come to us through our mind. Therefore, just as our conscience needs the breastplate of righteousness and our will needs the shield of faith, so our mind needs the helmet of salvation. We need truth, righteousness, peace, faith and then salvation. Righteousness issues in peace, and peace gives us the ground to have faith. Then faith brings in salvation.
The Sixth Item: The Sword of the Spirit
Among the six items of God’s armor, this is the only one for attacking the enemy. With the sword we cut the enemy to pieces. However, we do not take up the sword first. Rather, we must firstly put on the girdle, the breastplate and the shoes, and then take up the shield of faith and the helmet of salvation. Then, when we are entirely protected and have salvation as our portion, we may receive the sword of the Spirit.
In verse 17 the antecedent of the word “which” is Spirit, not sword. This indicates that the Spirit is the word of God, both of which are Christ. Christ being the Spirit and word provides us the sword to slay the enemy. The Greek for word in verse 17 is rhema, the instant word spoken at the moment by the Spirit in any situation. This kind of word is the sword. Therefore, the sword, the Spirit, and the word are three that are one. As we engage in spiritual warfare against the enemy.
As we engage in spiritual warfare against the enemy, our only weapon is the Spirit – Word, which is the sword. We do not employ cunning craftiness – we wield the sword of the Spirit. Our loins are girded with truth, and our conscience is covered by Christ as our righteousness. Then we have peace as our firm foundation. We can boast to the whole universe that we have no problems with God or man, for we are standing on the peace accomplished by Christ on the cross. Furthermore, we are protected by the shield of faith and guarded by the helmet of salvation. Therefore, when we pray-read the Word, every word becomes the rhema, the sword that cuts the enemy. In this way the victory is ours. This is what it means to fight the spiritual warfare with the whole armor of God.