What does 2 Corinthians 10:5 say we cast down?
According to 2 Corinthians 10:5, we cast down imaginations and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. The verse continues by speaking of bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, showing that the battle is fought in the realm of thoughts.
Les explains that Paul's warfare was not after the flesh but in the spiritual realm, and the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. He points to Ephesus, where Paul's preaching so impacted the city that it disrupted the idol makers and caused a riot—an example of pulling down strongholds. Verse 5 then says we cast down imaginations and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. Les applies this by asking whether what we see lines up with the Book and is the power of God, and he notes our largest problem is in the thought processes, where we fight temptations by bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
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.