What does the spiritual warfare cast down?
Spiritual warfare casts down imaginations and every thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Its weapons are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.
Les explains that Paul's war was not after the flesh but in the realm of the spiritual. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal; they are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. Paul demonstrated this as he moved into pagan cities, such as Ephesus, which was taken over by the worship of Diana, and his impact destroyed the work of the idol makers until they caused a riot. Les connects this to verse 5: casting down imaginations and everything that exalted itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. He adds that our largest problem is in the thought processes, where we fight most of our battles and temptations.
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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What does it mean to cast down imaginations that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God?
Spiritual warfare includes casting down imaginations and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.