Weapons of our Warfare

The  Weapons of our Warfare

 

2 CORINTHIANS 10:1-4

 

The Weapons of our Warfare:

- Paul approaches the believers of the Corinthians with meekness and gentleness and tells them that he is timid when he is with them and bold when he is far away from them.

 

Paul says In v2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

 

The reason he tells this is because Paul gets angry with the Corinthian believers because they were running after worldly pleasures, walked in the way sinners, and mockers do.

 

Basically, the Corinthians:

Believed and worshipped in pagan gods,

Offered sacrifices and built temples for these gods,

People were running after fame, pride, money, and sexual immorality.

People were free-thinkers, they developed an attitude that they can do anything they wanted to do.

Criticism against Paul and his teachings was on the rise and also false preachers

The church went through divisions and lacked unity (I Corinthians 3)

 

The gods of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the Glory of Christ, who is the image of God (2 Corinthians 4:4)

 

Amidst all these practical matters, Paul still chose to approach the believers through gentleness and meekness that Christ has given to him to encourage and motivate them to lead a holy life.

 

Paul clearly knew that these are the entities that revolve around spiritual warfare that is targeted against the church and the believers from believing and worshiping Jesus Christ.

 

Paul says in v3-v4, though they belong to this world, the war is not against the flesh of this world (not materialistic) but against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Eph 6:12).

 

To fight against the kingdom of darkness, worldly weapons are not used and cannot be used, but there are strong weapons that has the divine power to demolish strongholds.

 

In Ephesians 6, Paul teaches how to overcome the strongholds.

Belt of truth

Breastplate of righteousness

Feet fitted with the readiness that comes along with the gospel of peace

Shield of faith

Helmet of Salvation

Sword of the Spirit

 

These are the components of the Armor of God, and this can be fully woven when it is interlinked with the word of God, prayer, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

We live in a time where our minds are too preoccupied and busy running after work and looking after our families.

 

At the same time, we need to be mindful that there is a zone layer of the spiritual warfare around us that targets our heart, soul, mind, and strength.

 

The enemy often fights to snatch away our prayer time, feeding our minds with negative thoughts by blocking the word of God, sometimes he keeps us too busy in social media without our acknowledge wasting our time from spending time with the Lord.

 

How are we going to fight against our strongholds?

Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power and wear on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes (Eph 6:10) and pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests (Eph 6:18)

 

Prayer: Dear Lord, help us to fortify our spiritual walls and raise our watchtowers through the word of God, prayer, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

 

Blessings & Prayers 

 

Pastor. Bobby Leonard