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Excerpted from: Satan (Part 5)I would say that this verse certainly gives indication that there is little room for carelessness. We are being called upon to be thoroughly self-controlled and to be alert. You can imagine if you were in a jungle like these Americans and Europeans in the Tarzan movies, your adrenal glands would be pumping that stuff right out into your blood stream and every nerve in your body would be aware of the danger. Your eyesight would become more acute, your hearing, your willingness to fight, to run, to flee—to do whatever is necessary to preserve your life. You would really be on edge.
So be sober, be alert, be vigilant! Why? Because Satan is aiming to undermine our confidence, to sow discord, and to get us to stop believing and revert to carnality. Those are the directions that he is going to try to push us.
Notice it says, "Whom he may devour." "May" indicates permission. It is something that must be given. He has the ability to do it, that is, devour us spiritually, but it doesn't have to happen. If we could put the advice in verse 8 into more common twentieth century language, instead of saying "be sober"—although there's nothing wrong with that—we might say, "keep cool; keep your head screwed on right; don't lose your presence of mind; try to keep calm about this; don't be fearful or don't lose your temper."
He also says to be vigilant and it would mean (in that kind of a jungle situation) "to watch." That same kind of phraseology is also used in reference to prayer. It would be part of our responsibility to pray that we not enter into temptation. That's part of being vigilant.
I Peter 5:8-10
Excerpted from: A Band of Christian BrothersHere, Peter is verifying that we have an enemy and we are in the middle of a spiritual battle. And he is telling us that we need to be inspired by God to trust Him, to rely upon, have our faith in Him, that we might survive.
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