Batter Sin's Strongholds

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they (our weapons) have divine power to demolish strongholds. We 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. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your (our or my) obedience is complete. 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

What does this passage of scripture speak to? It may take a close inspection to fully understand the meanings within.

Paul's epistle to the Corinthians, speaks of several related things: strongholds of opposition, false pretenses, false arguments, and our call to batter down those acts of disobedience. In many ways, they refer to the same thing since they all have to do with actions or thoughts contrary to God. Verse 4 reports that the weapons of our warfare are powerful, through God, for the destruction of these things.

The Greek word translated here as “strongholds” means fortresses or fortified places. The weapons of our warfare are mighty to the pulling down of fortresses. A fortress, of course, is a strong defense built to keep something out. What are these modern-day, anti-Christ leaders trying to do? They are trying to brainwash us to control our thoughts and actions to commit sin. Every member of a school board that allows even the notion that people have multiple genders is a sin. God created man and women, anyone speaking against that truth is opposing the word of God.

So in the context of this study, a stronghold is a system or pattern of thinking that is contrary to the truth of God’s word. Generally, a spiritual stronghold refers to being for or against God. Do you read anything in the next block of text that you feel is against God's Word?

Choose Your Own Gender. All Whites Are Racist. Sixteen Year-Old's Should Vote. School-Age Children Can Use Any Shower Room They Want. Abortion Is A Right. Cellphones Are A Right. The Wealthy Don't Pay Their Fair Share. Defund The Police. Whites Have Privilege By Birth. Paying Reparations To Blacks For Slavery Is Needed. Global Warming Is America's Fault. Illegal Immigrants Should Vote. Burn The Flag–It's A Rag! Ban Oil & Gas. Shut Down The Pipeline. Sex Education To Toddlers Is Good. Tear Down The Border Walls. Racism Is Systemic. Ban Guns. Legalize All Drugs. Make Washington DC, A-State. Pack The Supreme Court Give. All Illegal Aliens Deserve Citizenship. Intolerance. Can't Refuse Gay Rights. Burn Down Government Buildings. Looting Is Justified. Topple Historical Statues. Fund The Green New Deal. Shut Down The Pipelines. Don't Stand For Our National Anthem. Kill The Pigs. There Are More Than Two Genders. Shut Down The Coal Mines. Abortion After Birth Is A Women's Choice. Sixteen-Year-Old Girls Can Get Abortions Without Parent's Permission or Knowledge. Give China, Russia, and Radical Muslims Billions Of Tax Dollars.

John 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Jesus said, “If you stay in my word.” The word “if” is of paramount importance here. We must abide in God's Word so that we can receive His truth. It is the truth that makes us free. We must always pursue truth and speak up when radicals, misguided, or corrupt persons spew falsehoods or hate. The revelation of God's truth makes us free. The more Americans and the free world receive the truth, the freer we all become.

Many of the things believers hear are based on fallacious rationalizations from the dishonest media, instead of the truth. Television “news stories” are 90 percent pro-leftist. Some say the other 10 percent are downright lies. We desperately need to know the difference between fake news, false facts, and the real truth.

But let's get back into the Bible. The Bible says Jesus took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses. In 1 Peter 2:24 it says that by His stripes you were healed. Notice that both scriptures are in the past tense. It must have been God’s will for us to be healthy and whole. And Jesus did that for us at the cross. These scriptures are making reference to the work of Christ at Calvary.

But then someone gets sick and fails to get healed and we begin to create false explanations. We forget that it’s God’s will to heal sometimes and sometimes not. We don't understand His plans.

Some feel they have a right to have their unborn baby ripped from their womb. Some women feel they have a right to murder their babies, don't they? They depart from Bible truth about the finished work of Christ and embrace selfish rationalizations. Like I can't care for this baby or the baby needs two parents or I just can't handle the responsibility.