"But since we belong to the day, let us be self controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet."
1 Thessalonians 5:8
Faith, hope and love can protect us from our enemies. Ever try to sway someone of strong faith into believing something else? You can't. It's like bending steel with your bare hands. Love can be just as fierce and impenetrable. Any parent who has sat up all night worrying about an errant child or tending to a colicky baby can tell testify to this. Having the "hope of salvation" means that we're living confidently, believing in the divine promises: Jesus has gone on to prepare a place for us and He will come again to take us home. We who believe upon him will live eternally. All of this armor is enough to protect us from Satan. Why? Because Jesus gave them to us.
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:13
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