“(for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”
2 Corinthians 10:4-6 KJV
Paul explains that “our spiritual weapons are energized with divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide. We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. Since we are armed with such dynamic weaponry, we stand ready to punish any trace of rebellion, as soon as you choose complete obedience.” Paul calls these strongholds as demonic centres of opposition to the light of the Gospel and describes the areas of our warfare as: we are empowered by grace with the Gospel to dismantle strongholds; we demolish arguments, opinions, theories and philosophies; taking every thought captive, we insist it becomes obedient to the mind of Christ; we stand ready and willing to wage war to defeat the enemy. Hallelujah!
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