Spiritual Demolition

I grew up in the church when I lived at home (South Carolina) and I accepted Christ as Lord and Creator in 1990 at the age of 20. I did all I knew to do in serving the Lord until 2005. I really came to a crossroads where there had to be more than attending a Sunday morning service.

I would like to talk about a Scripture which has been overused and misunderstood. It is one of my favorites because it inspires me to be bold and be strong in my faith.

I want to dissect this verse and look at it from different translations. The body of Christ has memorized this passage and over-applied it with the result being ineffectiveness.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

For 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, [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). (Amplified)

The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. (Message)

We fight with weapons that are different from the weapons the world uses. Our weapons have power from God. These weapons can destroy {the enemy’s} strong places. We destroy {people’s} arguments. And we destroy every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. And we capture (catch) every thought and make it give up and obey Christ. (Easy Read)

Under all three translations I underlined some key statements. It tells us

• WHAT our God given weapons are FOR
• WHAT we are to target with our weapons
• WHAT the result should be after we have engaged our target

In 1 John 3:8b it states… The REASON the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].

Yes, Jesus came to redeem mankind, but Jesus could not redeem mankind until the authority, power, and legalities were destroyed. Jesus did what man could never accomplish. Here is where I believe we have misunderstood the works of Satan. Again we agree that Jesus shamed Satan and redeem mankind but……………… it is mankind’s “spiritual responsiblity” to maintain what Jesus did. If not, evil and darkness will reemerge.

These 2 verses inform us that our responsibility is to engage, confront, and refute every argument, theory, interpretation, and attempt for darkness to regain a platform, position, and foundation to rebuild its anti-Christ culture.

We FAILED!  We aborted the mission! We retreated and surrendered!

People quote this Scripture… I am mighty in God, NO weapon formed against me shall prosper, I can destroy everything that rises up against me, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

This is a compilation of bits and pieces of three or four Scriptures misused, misapplied, and will produce no results.

The weapons God has equipped us with are for destroying the arguments, theories, strongholds, lies, etc., that rise up against the truth of God. It is not for our personal armor. God gave us personal spiritual armor in Ephesians 6.

We are to demolish arguments and every pretension (scientific naturalism, ethical relativism, biological evolution). We (the body of Christ) are to take an intellectually offensive position and demolish the deception and lies of (feminism, planned parenthood, ACLU, Acorn, KKK, abortion, sex education, going green).

The body of Christ overall has been too selfish and too ignorant to stand and refute theories, reasonings, and philosophies which arrogantly raised its fist toward our God – the Creator of Heaven and Earth.

Today we live in a nation like the times of Goliath when he marched out every day and taunted the Israelites. Goliath mocked, scorned, belittled, and intimidated the people of God. It wasn’t until a David came on the scene and called Goliath what he really was……an uncircumcised Philistine!

David called Goliath’s bluff and refuted his arguments and reasonings. David knew Goliath was not in covenant relationship with God therefore he could not win and had no backup. Only a fool would conduct themselves like Goliath.

When we see and hear what media, music, news, commentators, movies, and government are speaking from their mouths we should discern that they are fools. Why has the church been intimidated by fools? You may feel my language is too hard but my language is God’s language.

THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. (Psalm 14:1)

Have you paid attention to how much propaganda that is pure godlessness? There is a new TV series on Sunday night called Life. It is a National Geographic special narrated by Oprah Winfrey. They never make any reference to God or creation but every reference is linked to evolution, a godless theory. When we encounter arguments made by fools we should take a stand in faith and refute their godless rhetoric.

In order to refute an argument requires one to have knowledge, confidence, courage, and a backbone. It is time to become knowledgeable, skilled, intellectual, and have a solid foundation of Why we believe What we believe.

Where do we start? Not with National Geographic! But we can start at home, work, and our local and city government.

My prayer for you, me, and the body of Christ is that we decide to become students of God’s Word and learn His ways, His nature, His creation, His culture, and His Word. We must demolish every lie that defies our Living God.

Yes you can do this!