FAITH AND LOVE PROTECTION
I Thess. 5:8 But let us who
live in the light think clearly, protected by the body armor of faith and love,
and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation. NLT
The light is the
truth of the Gospel message; it is living under the guidance and authority of
the Holy Spirit. When we are being led
by the Holy Spirit, we should be thinking clearly about things. It's when we take off and fend for ourselves
that we begin to get confused about things and begin to question the
truthfulness of the Gospel.
When we are living in the light, we are
protected by the body armor of faith and love.
We live by faith in Christ and are governed by the love of God. Everything we do is influenced by our faith
in Christ. We see things through the
Word of God and choose to live by the Word and nothing else. We see the possibilities of what God can do
in and through us instead of what we can't do.
We see the difference between that which is holy and unholy and choose
to live by what is holy. We accept as
truth those things which our minds cannot grasp based on the fact that God has
said it.
When we live in the light we are governed
by God's love. We seek to always embrace
others through God's love and not be quick to dismiss them and judge them
unworthy of our time or attention.
When we live in the light, we have our
heads screwed on straight. We are
confident in how we live and our standing with God. We know that Christ has saved us and we are
moving in the right direction for heaven.
We seek always to honor and glorify Him as we live for eternity. We see our lives on earth as an investment in
eternity.
When we live in the light we refuse to
doubt in the dark what we know to be true in the light. We refuse to let circumstances or feelings to
overrule our faith. We believe and trust
in what God has said no matter what. We
refuse to listen to those who would distort, dilute, or deny God’s Word.
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