ephesians 6:10-17, Put on the full armor of God.......... In these verses it talks about the 'belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, feet shod with readyness, helmet of salvation, the shield of faith and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God ' all this armor is meant to protect us except the sword of the spirit. This is the only peice of armor that we can attack with and it just so happens that its the word of God. So think about this, the less you know of the word of God the smaller your sword is and therefore the closer you have to get to the enemy to battle. The more you know of Gods word the bigger your sword is and the farther you can reach out and attack your enemy. How big is your sword?