Category: 2 Corinthians 10
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Make Believe
2 Corinthians 10:5 “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God” The verse above was one that our pastor referred to in his sermon last Sunday morning. The words that appear above are from the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible. Our pastor quoted the New International Version rendering of…
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A True Apostle
2 Corinthians 10:18 “For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.” What’s the difference between a false teacher and a true godly leader? It’s something that the apostle Paul dealt with in the first century, as we can see in his statement above, and it’s something…
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A Spiritual Defense
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” Opinions: everybody has them. One dictionary defines an “opinion” as “a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based…
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Spiritual Strongholds
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Spiritual warfare: there’s much written and spoken about it today. So often discussions on this topic divert into the mystical.…
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The Word
2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV) “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.” John 1:14 (KJV) “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten…
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How to argue (with ourself)
2 Corinthians 10:5 “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Do you ever talk to yourself? Typically, when we think about the word “argue” it is with respect to arguing with another person, trying to prove that our point is right…
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Who’s the Judge?
2 Corinthians 10:12 “Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.” Have you ever noticed that everyone seems to have some sense of morality? Racism and bigotry are…
To Encourage You 