Bulletproof
July 12, 2026
On September 19, 2010, Army EOD technician Brian Mast stepped on an IED in Afghanistan and lost both legs above the knee and a finger. He lived because a Level IV body armor plate stopped a large fragment from reaching his heart. He said, “That plate took the hit so my heart didn’t have to.” He calls September 19th his “Alive Day.” We too walk through a world with an unseen enemy—the spirit of antichrist—always looking to fire weapons we never see coming. In 1 John 2:18, John gives us fair warning: “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come” (ESV). Antichrist is not only a coming person; it is a philosophy alive in the world right now, and its whole purpose is to deceive the sinner and defeat the saint. John’s answer is one word he uses several times in this passage: abide. There is a bulletproof vest available to every believer, made of three layers: the Word of God, the Son of God, and the Spirit of God, and putting it on is a daily choice.
In this series
Proof Positive
Proof Positive explores the universal questions of life, death, and eternity. In 1 John, we’re going to move beyond assumptions and feelings into a confident, fact-based assurance of eternal life rooted in God’s unchanging truth.
