2 Corinthians 10
Daily Bread 2010 – 2 Corinthians 10
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
Paul is again confronting those in the church who say he is bold when he writes his letters but “timid” when he sees them face to face. Paul then reveals what he will also teach on Ephesians 6 that the battle we fight is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual powers of darkness. As Paul says in this chapter, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God.”
Paul is saying that part of the spiritual warfare we all face as believers is the distortion of truth through bad or corrupt thinking. Before we can take an action against the will of God we have to rationalize that it is a good thing. Often we might says, “Well I deserve this because what I am going through”, “Well I’ve been so good it can’t hurt to dabble in this or that.”
As an antidote to “stinking thinking” Paul says we should take every though and make it captive to Christ. Meaning our thoughts are a battle ground and we have choices about what we are going to think about. If we fill our minds with garbage we are likely to not think very good thoughts. Yet, if we fill our minds with God’s Word and how we can be obedient to it in the Spirit of Christi living in us, we will become what we think about most.
What are you filling your mind with lately? Do you notice that what you think about the most influences your attitudes, thoughts and actions? Spend some time studying Jesus’ life and study his way of thinking and what he taught and lived? Compare that with the prevailing values in our world?
Jesus we want to fill our minds with your thoughts and take every thought and make it obedient to the form of life that you showed us. Change our patterns of behavior, so we will think and act like you do and show the world the truth that sets us free. In Your Name, Amen.
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
Paul is again confronting those in the church who say he is bold when he writes his letters but “timid” when he sees them face to face. Paul then reveals what he will also teach on Ephesians 6 that the battle we fight is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual powers of darkness. As Paul says in this chapter, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God.”
Paul is saying that part of the spiritual warfare we all face as believers is the distortion of truth through bad or corrupt thinking. Before we can take an action against the will of God we have to rationalize that it is a good thing. Often we might says, “Well I deserve this because what I am going through”, “Well I’ve been so good it can’t hurt to dabble in this or that.”
As an antidote to “stinking thinking” Paul says we should take every though and make it captive to Christ. Meaning our thoughts are a battle ground and we have choices about what we are going to think about. If we fill our minds with garbage we are likely to not think very good thoughts. Yet, if we fill our minds with God’s Word and how we can be obedient to it in the Spirit of Christi living in us, we will become what we think about most.
What are you filling your mind with lately? Do you notice that what you think about the most influences your attitudes, thoughts and actions? Spend some time studying Jesus’ life and study his way of thinking and what he taught and lived? Compare that with the prevailing values in our world?
Jesus we want to fill our minds with your thoughts and take every thought and make it obedient to the form of life that you showed us. Change our patterns of behavior, so we will think and act like you do and show the world the truth that sets us free. In Your Name, Amen.
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