Satanic 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 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 (2 Cor. 10:3-5 NIV)." I think that it’s really cool how Paul depicted his evangelism efforts as overcoming Satan in a spiritual battle. He talked about strongholds (or walls as arguments), and thoughts like soldiers running around doing their commander’s bidding. As I listen to Paul in my mind's eye, my thoughts fill with smoke, my nose smells the stench of burning clothes, and my eyes see lots of blood and guts all around. Let’s take a minute and decipher what Paul is seeing. Aren't habits strongholds? Like Satanic fortresse...