"Guardar" en la Biblia generalmente tiene que ver con el control de las acciones reales de la vida, aunque en algunos casos puede significar mantener algo alejado de las actividades de la vida para salvaguardarlo.

El uso más común de "guardar" está relacionado con guardar los mandamientos del Señor o guardar los días festivos o rituales. Todo esto significa poner en acción las verdaderas ideas del Señor en la vida; simplemente conocerlas o recordarlas no es suficiente. En un sentido más profundo, significa adorar al Señor, ya que vivir la vida de acuerdo con su guía es el acto supremo de adoración.

Cuando no es posible actuar a partir de los mandatos del Señor, "guardar" representa recordar y salvaguardar esas ideas verdaderas para poder ponerlas en práctica eventualmente.

(Odkazy: Apocalipsis Explicado 769; Arcana Coelestia 372, 7899, 7989, 8363, 8767, 9072, 9149, 9304)

2954. 'I will give the price of the field, accept it from me' means redemption as regards the truths of the Church which come from the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'giving the silver' as redeeming by means of truth, dealt with above in 2937, for 'silver' means truth, 1551; from the meaning of 'the field' as the Church, and also the doctrine of truth, dealt with in 368, 2936; and from the meaning of 'accept it from me' as a willing response with those who belong to the Church. That response involves a belief that redemption comes from the Lord alone. As for what redemption is, it is the same as reformation and regeneration, and therefore being delivered from hell and being saved. The redemption, or reformation and salvation, of members of the spiritual Church is effected by means of truth, whereas that of members of the celestial Church is effected by means of good.

[2] The reasons why have been stated in various places already - that spiritual people possess no will at all for what is good, but instead have been provided with an ability to understand what good is. The understanding of what is good is primarily called truth, and indeed the truth of faith, while the willing of it and from this the doing of it is called good. Spiritual persons therefore, by means of an understanding of good, or what amounts to the same, by means of truth, are led on to a will for what is good, or what amounts to the same, to good. They are not led on to any will for what is good from anything that is their own, since all will for what is good has with them been destroyed, 895, 927, 2124. Instead they are led on to a new will which they receive from the Lord, 863, 875, 1023, 1043, 1044; and when they have received this new will they specifically are called the redeemed.