We are in the middle of spiritual combat. "Dressed For Battle" is our series at Fusion Christian Church about winning that combat by wearing the Armor of God. In week five, Pastor Zac teaches about the Helmet of Salvation.

Before Satan attacks your actions, he attacks your thinking.

Satan knows that if he can control your thoughts, he can influence your choices. He did this to deceive Eve in the garden of Eden, and he and his followers try to do it to Christians today. We must make sure to train our minds to know truth from fiction and to discern spiritual deception. The Helmet of Salvation is worn to defend our minds from the enemy's attacks.

Every spiritual battle is first a battle over what you'll believe.

The three main beliefs we need to get right are our beliefs about God, ourselves, and our salvation. Firstly, we must believe that there is only one God and that Jesus Christ is that one God. After that we must accept the simple and foundational fact that God loves us and wants relationship with us.

If you're going to have victory in your mind, what you believe about yourself must come from God.

The most foundational belief about who we are as humans is that God made us in his image. This means that we have inherent value based simply on how God created us. Another key belief for the Christian to hold is that we belong to God. We do not belong to the devil or even to ourselves, we belong to our creator. Some people loathe not being in control of their lives, but it is so much better to cede control over to a God who loves us.

If you're going to have victory in your mind, you must be confident that your salvation is secure in Jesus Christ.

This is where the Helmet of Salvation gets its name. When we feel the certainty that comes from knowing Jesus has saved us, it protects our minds from all sorts of doubts and attacks. The enemy might say that you are not good enough, but the Christian should know that's the whole point. Our salvation is secure because Christ is good enough, not because we are. Our assurance of rescue comes from God's perfection and does not rest on anything we do. Therefore there is no cause for boasting and no reason to doubt because of our failures. Jesus Christ has never failed, and our confidence rests in him.