弗六16~17　此外，拿起信的盾牌，……还要……接受救恩的头盔……。

　　可十一22　耶稣回答说，你们要信神。
　　现在我们要仔细来看信的盾牌。我们的信，当然不是相信自己的能力、力量、功绩或美德；我们的信必须是相信神（可十一22）。神是真的、活的、应时且便利的，我们需要相信祂。
　　我们也应该相信神的心。每个基督徒都必须认识神和神的心。……不管我们身上发生什么事，或有什么苦难，我们总要相信神的心是好的。神没有意思要惩罚我们、伤害我们或叫我们受亏损。
　　我们该相信神的心，也该相信神的信实。我们会改变，但神永不改变。正如雅各书一章十七节所说，“在祂并没有……转动的影儿。”不仅如此，祂也不能说谎（多一2），祂对自己的话总是信实的。
　　神不仅是信实的，也是有能力的。所以，我们需要信神的能力。保罗在以弗所三章二十节宣告，“神能……极其充盈地成就一切，超过我们所求所想的。”
　　我们的信还有一面，就是相信神的话。神受了约束，要成就祂所说的一切。祂越说话，就越要负责成就祂自己的话。我们能告诉祂说，“神，你已经说了，你写出的话已经在我们手中。主，你受了约束，要成就你的话。”为着神信实的话，阿利路亚！（以弗所书生命读经，六五三至六五四页）。

　　Eph. 6:16-17 Besides all these, having taken up the shield of faith....And receive the helmet of salvation...
　　Mark 11:22 And Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God.

　　We need now to consider the shield of faith in detail. We certainly are not to have faith in our own ability, strength, merit, or virtue. Our faith must be in God (Mark 11:22). God is real, living, present, and available. We need to have faith in Him.

　　We also should have faith in God's heart. Every Christian must know both God and the heart of God....No matter what may happen to us or what kind of sufferings we may undergo, we must always believe in the goodness of God's heart. God has no intention to punish us, to injure us, or to cause us to suffer loss.

　　Along with faith in God's heart, we should have faith in God's faithfulness. We may change, but God does not change. As James 1:17 says, there is no shadow of turning with Him. Furthermore, He cannot lie (Titus 1:2), but is always faithful to His word.

　　God is not only faithful, but also able. Therefore, we need to have faith in God's ability. In Ephesians 3:20 Paul declares that God "is able to do superabundantly above all that we ask or think."

　　Still another aspect of our faith is faith in God's word. God is bound to fulfill all that He has spoken. The more He speaks, the more responsible He becomes to fulfill His own word. We can tell Him, "God, You have spoken, and Your written Word is in our hand. Lord, You are bound to fulfill Your word." Hallelujah for God's faithful word! (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 544)

　　我们也必须相信神的旨意。神是有计划的神，所以祂有一个旨意。祂对我们的旨意总是积极的。因此，不论何事临到我们，我们都该不顾到我们的快乐或我们的环境，只顾到神的旨意。我们的环境会改变，但神的旨意永不改变。不仅如此，我们必须相信神的主宰。因为神是主宰一切的，祂绝不会错。在祂的主宰权柄下，连我们的错误也互相效力，叫我们得益处。若不是神的主宰权柄允许我们犯错，我们就不可能犯错（然而，这并不是说，我们可以故意犯错）。当我们有错的时候，我们需要悔改。……我们为了过犯或错误悔改后，必须仍然运用信心相信神的主宰权柄。
　　我们都需要完全相信神，相信神的心，相信神的信实，相信神的能力，相信神的话，相信神的旨意，并相信神的主宰权柄。我们若有这样的信，撒但火烧的箭就不能伤害我们。……火烧的箭就是撒但的试诱、提议、怀疑、问题、谎言和攻击。……每一个试诱都是欺骗，都是虚假的应许。……我们早上醒来时，撒但常向我们提议。因这缘故，我们早晨头一件事就是需要进到主的话里。我们若不在主的话里，就没有遮盖以抵挡魔鬼的提议。
　　保罗在以弗所六章十七节上半……说，“还要……接受救恩的头盔。”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。神的救恩就是我们所拿起以抵挡这一切的遮盖。这样的救恩，就是我们在日常生活中所经历那拯救的基督（约十六33）。
　　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。不要把救恩的头盔和信的盾牌分开。盾牌保护我们的前面，头盔保护我们的头部。盾牌和头盔是一起作用的（以弗所书生命读经，六五四至六五七页）。
　　参读：以弗所书生命读经，第六十五篇。

　　We also need to have faith in God's will. Because God is a God of purpose, He has a will. His will with respect to us is always positive. Hence, no matter what befalls us, we should care not for our happiness or our environment, but for God's will. Our environment may change, but God's will never changes.

　　Furthermore, we must have faith in God's sovereignty. Because God is sovereign, God could never make a mistake. Under His sovereignty, even our mistakes work for good. If God did not sovereignly allow us to make mistakes, we could not possibly make them. (However, this does not mean that we should deliberately make mistakes.) When we are wrong, we need to repent....After we repent for a mistake or shortcoming, we must still exercise faith in God's sovereignty.

　　We all need to have a full faith in God, in God's heart, in God's faithfulness, in God's ability, in God's word, in God's will, and in God's sovereignty. If we have such a faith, Satan's flaming darts will not be able to damage us.

　　The flaming darts are Satan's temptations, proposals, doubts, questions, lies, and attacks....Every temptation is a deceit, a false promise....As we are waking up in the morning, often Satan will make proposals to us. For this reason, we need to get into the Word the first thing in the morning. If we are not in the Word, we shall have no covering against the devil's proposals.

　　In the first part of Ephesians 6:17 Paul goes on to say, "And receive the helmet of salvation." This 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 (John 16:33).

　　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. Do not separate the helmet of salvation from the shield of faith. The shield protects the front of our being, but the helmet protects our head. The shield and the helmet work together. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 544-547)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 65