1 Thessalonians 5:8
8 But [de] let [nepho] us, [hemeis] who are [on] of the day, [hemera] be sober, [nepho] putting on [enduo] the breastplate [thorax] of
faith [pistis] and [kai] love; [agape] and [kai] for an helmet, [perikephalaia] the hope [elpis] of salvation. [soteria] KJV-Interlinear
8 But since we are of the day,
let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a
helmet, the hope of salvation. NASB
Sober means to be clear
in your thinking, in control of your faculties, oriented to life and your
surroundings.These things come to you from
a position of enlightenment.
Enlightenment means knowledge,
understanding, clarification, illumination, the correct perception of ones own self as well as of ones
environment (the world and life around you).
Enlightenment comes
only from truth, and from no other source.
You cannot become enlightened, you cannot learn, from lies or from
deception.You cannot become enlightened
by things that you have a preference for, or from a desire to have things the
way you want them to be.
Enlightenment is a
result of learning through proper perception, not from subjective bias.
The day,
means the source of truth, where truth resides and is obvious and illuminated for
all to see.
Sober means to be able
to see truth with a clear thinking mind, absent all things that might retard or
restrict or prevent your perceptive abilities.
Therefore, the two
major areas of your body, your heart and your head, become protected by the
resources provided by truth.
The heart is the
functioning aspects of your soul.It is
the circulation of doctrine throughout your soul. Doctrine is circulated by means of your
active use of it, in your moment by moment thinking processes.
The head is your
soul.Your soul is the source of your
true essence, your life, the real you.
Human life resides in the soul.
The helmet protects the
head, and the breastplate is a coat of armor of sorts that protects the front
and back of the soldier, like a vest with a slot in the center where the head
can fit through, so that the breastplate can cover the front and the back of
the body, from the neck to the thighs.
Faith is your
confidence, reliance, assurance that what you know and have been taught in the Bible
is truth, reliable and certain.
Love is agape, which
is the content of the scriptures, the principles, precepts, mandates, and so
forth which God teaches us.This is the
sum of your functional life or the heart action of doctrine pumping through
your soul.
Salvation, or hope of
salvation, is your confidence that your life will continue into eternity and in
heaven with God.The helmet is Gods
promise and protection of eternal security.
Therefore, Bible doctrine
is the sum total protection of your life.
It is the correct orientation to life.
It is the perfect protection from all assaults that this world, and evil
and temptation can throw against you.
With doctrine, your life
is secure and balanced, and oriented, and protected.
Without doctrine your
life is insecure, unbalanced, and disoriented, and unprotected, and exposed to
the threats of this world and life.
You just have to decide
if you are really going to adopt Gods word into your life, or if you are going
to go find something better (which does not exist).
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