janbear
03-12-2008, 08:19 AM
4For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds,
5[Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One),
2 Corinthians 10: 4-5
"Through careful strategy and cunning deceit, Satan attempts to set up "strongholds" in our mind. A stronghold is an area in which we are held in bondage (in prison) due to a certain way of thinking.
In this passage, the Apostle Paul tells us that we have weapons we need to overcome Satan's strongholds...... verse 5 shows us clearly the location of the battlefield on which this warfare is waged.
The Amplified Bible translation of this verse says that we are to take these weapons and refute arguments. The devil argues with us; he offers us theories and reasonings. All of this actively goes on in the mind.
The mind is the battlefield."
-Joyce Meyer
5[Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One),
2 Corinthians 10: 4-5
"Through careful strategy and cunning deceit, Satan attempts to set up "strongholds" in our mind. A stronghold is an area in which we are held in bondage (in prison) due to a certain way of thinking.
In this passage, the Apostle Paul tells us that we have weapons we need to overcome Satan's strongholds...... verse 5 shows us clearly the location of the battlefield on which this warfare is waged.
The Amplified Bible translation of this verse says that we are to take these weapons and refute arguments. The devil argues with us; he offers us theories and reasonings. All of this actively goes on in the mind.
The mind is the battlefield."
-Joyce Meyer