Paul admonished the Ephesians, "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." And after explaining that they were fighting not "against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places," he said, "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."Eph. 6:11-13;
Christians have long understood something of the love of God. In fact, Christianity is founded upon that concept. Mrs. Eddy, in acknowledging this, named Love and Mind as two of the synonyms for God. Because it is the nature, or basic quality, of Love to protect, we are speaking of the armor of Love. It is quite clear that Paul points out the necessity of accepting Love in its entirety—its allness, completeness, immutability, its invariableness.
In day-to-day experience many accept in a vague or hazy way the presence of the love of an omniscient Deity, reflected in what might be called a normal state of health, or a normal sequence of activities, or one's normal relationship with other individuals. However, from time to time, various problems may appear. Human interpretation of such conditions might imply that God, perfect Love, is not always universally present or that divine Mind, supreme Intelligence, is not continually expressing itself. Acceptance of this thought would deny the omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence of God and would place emphasis upon the problem, thereby aggravating the seeming difficulty.
