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***2 Corinthians 10:5 New International Version***
***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.***
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According to Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, God’s mighty weapons are faith, truth, righteousness, the gospel message, and the word of God. The Holy Spirit equips Christians for the struggle, providing the weapons they need (see 6:6; Ephesians 6:10-20). Worldly weapons—wealth, fame, and political might—may wield some power on this earth, but they are useless in spiritual battles. The Devil’s strongholds included every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God and rebellious ideas. The world of ideas is the real battleground for God and the Devil. Many complex theories and philosophies try to block people from knowing the truth about God and worshiping him. These false philosophies that divert glory from God and hide the truth are the Devil’s strongholds.
There are also people who claim to have studied apologetics exhaustively, a two-unit subject in Biblical studies and yet cannot even cite a single verse to support his view because Satan trembles and shivers using the Word of God in the Bible. He knows two dozens of apologists but most probably only two are Christian apologists, the rest are Satan’s apologists who cannot quote the Word of God; whose views are counterfeit and gnostic. Whoever reacts and rebut contrary to the written Word of God and its context or intended meaning is not Christian Apologist but Satan’s apologist. An apologists is supposed to be familiar with the genuine not with the counterfeit. “The American Banking Association has a training program … It is most interesting that during the entire two-week training program, no teller touches counterfeit money. Only the original passes through his hands. The reason for this is that the American Banking Association is convinced that if a man is thoroughly familiar with original he will not be deceived by the counterfeit bill, no matter how much like the original it appears (Dr. Walter Martin).” The same is true with defending or proving the Word of Truth in the Bible.
In Corinth, where advances in Greek philosophy were held in high esteem, the believers were tempted to evaluate the gospel with the various tools of Greek philosophy. In an earlier letter, Paul had already told the Corinthians that the gospel would appear as foolishness to those who saw the world through the lenses of secular Greek philosophy (see 1 Corinthians 1:22). Just as an army would attack a fortress, so Christians must take apart and defeat these false and evil arguments. Paul uses military terminology to describe this warfare against sin and Satan. God must be the commander in chief—even our thoughts must be submitted to his control as we live for him.
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