And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.
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… and this is a very important topic 2 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 3 through 6 tells us this and it's no stranger to many of you Paul tells the church at Corinth by the way the church at Corinth Corinth, Greece extremely prone to demonic activity demonic worship the culture so when there's a church born in there in Corinth, Greece it carried a lot of residual into that brand new church It was a very carnal church. It took a long time, if ever, for that church to get mature in Christ. But, I mean, I got news for you. If you study the history of the church at Corinth, it's probably a church you would not attend. But God called them saints. They trusted Christ, but boy, were they messed up. But listen to what he tells them, something very deep. He says, for though we walk in the flesh, that is, we walk in these human bodies, we do not war according to the flesh. How come? Why? …
… And God will use the believer to punish wickedness. if you don't think so go look it just popped into my head go look at second corinthians chapter 10 verse 6 when you're obedient to christ christ will use your obedience to punish all disobedience wow and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able but with the temptation will also make the way of escape that you may be able to bear it. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. That's excellent. And I'll take that. That's a great promise. James chapter four, verse four. James four, verse four says, adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the scripture says in vain, The Spirit who dwells in us yearns, the Spirit, that's the Holy Spirit, who dwells in us yearns jealously. It means he owns you, he bought you, and he wants you to be super, super blessed in life. …
… And I like that. That's called warfare, and it's a good thing. 2 Corinthians chapter 10, verses 4 through 6. You guys know this well. Watch this, except we don't know so much the latter part. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal or of this world, but mighty in God for the pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. Bringing every thought into captivity. Are you having a bad thought? You can have a bad thought in church. You can have a bad thought anytime. What are you supposed to do with that bad thought? You're supposed to bring it into the captivity of Christ. If something flashes across your face, you know what I mean by, I mean your head, and it happens to all of us, even in church. And you're thinking like, what is wrong with me? I had a fine day. And then I come to church and I've had this evil thought pop up in my mind. …
… bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. Paul is saying to them that I reserve my energy for the battles that really matter. And I use a strategy that may be unfamiliar to you because you're used to battle looking a certain way. But this time is different. Spirit of the living God, I need you. For certain, we are walking in the flesh, but the moment that I engage in this assignment, I must war in the spirit. So, Lord, where there is weakness or frailty or tiredness in my body, God, I ask that you would give me strength, that you would bring clarity to my mind, that you would fill me with love for your people that I may flow according to heaven's sound. Allow me to release words in this room, God, that make it clear that you hear them, that you see them. When they're watching this video a year from now, two years, ten years from now, God, may it be as fresh and relevant now as it was to the church of Corinth when they received it. And I thank you, God, that you are faithful to deliver. …
… I feel my help coming. So in Scripture, when we talk about taking every thought captivity in 2 Corinthians 10, verse 5 through 6, can I read you the message version of it? I like the message version. The message version says, we use our powerful God tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. That's where we get that taking every thought into captivity and into the obedience of who Christ is. That means that my weapons are used to help me make sure that my input aligns with who God is. Oh, gosh. If you were letting just any thought run rampant in your mind, you're not using your weapons properly. It's not a crime to have the thought. The crime is letting the thought stay in your mind. some of you are trying to figure out why do I keep thinking this way you're trying to figure out why you're thinking this way every thought is going to pop into your mind because you've been surrounded by so many different inputs that you got the thoughts of your mother you got the thoughts of the culture you got the thoughts from the enemy and you got the thoughts of God but God says our weapons are not carnal I don't need you to fight what's happening on the inside I need you to fight what's happening on the inside. You got to be willing to take that thought captive. …