Approach: Studying Ephesians 5:15-17 to understand what it means to "make the most of your time."

Hermeneutic objective: Learning how to identify and understand a chiasm.

Theological objective: The metaphors "sleeper" and "arise from the dead" present an image of spiritually dead Christians.

While faith in Jesus Christ's death of atonement saved Believers from the penalty of sin, Paul is exhorting Believers to liberate their time from the power of sin. The chiasm's inflection point emphatically says, "Wake up! Jesus Christ has saved you from the penalty of sin; but, you must arise from the power of sin!"

The more successful a Believer can live like Jesus Christ, the more effective his testimony of Jesus' light of salvation to the world.