Talk

Protect Your Head

Camilo Buchanan
November 27, 2022

We live in a spiritual battle daily, but the good news is we already know the enemy’s playbook.

Camilo Buchanan, the Young Adult Ministry Leader at Passion City Church Atlanta, brings an encouraging word about the armor of God and challenges us to protect our minds from the attacks of the enemy.

Key Takeaway

Jesus handed you His helmet so that you would be protected from the schemes of the enemy; you just have to wear it.

  1. You have to believe it to put on the helmet of salvation. The gospel sustains you. You were dead in your sins, and He removed your sins by nailing them to the cross.

  2. While it may seem as if God was bound up on the cross, the procession was for the enemy's defeat.

  3. Your striving has been bound up. God paid the price so that you could cease striving.

  4. Condemnation has been bound up in the procession.

  5. Death has been bound up by the procession.

  6. He took the crown of thorns and placed it on His head while you wore His helmet of salvation.

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"I've been empowered with the strength of the Lord and the power of His might. Not only does the enemy lose, but God gets the glory because the giver of the strength gets the glory for the victory."
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Camilo Buchanan

Discussion Questions

  1. What does the Bible say about the helmet of salvation? (Ephesians 6:17)
  2. Do you often find yourself trying to earn your salvation? What is the relationship between faith vs. works?
  3. How do you feel about condemnation being bound?
  4. When did you start wearing the helmet of salvation? Have you felt its protection?
  5. How does the enemy try to get you to take off your helmet?

Scripture References

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
34Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
10He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth.”

13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
14having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Camilo Buchanan
Camilo Buchanan
Camilo Buchanan is a speaker, writer, podcaster, and leads the Young Adult ministry at Passion City Church. He holds a Bachelors degree from Georgia State University, a masters degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and is currently pursuing his Doctorate from Southeastern University. He enjoys spending his time pouring into students and leaders, writing content, working on real estate, traveling, and eating with friends & family, alongside his wife, Emily, and their puppy, Rummi.