October 11, 2024

Passage Read: 2 Corinthians 10-11
Meditation Verses: 10:3-6

Thought

Sometimes the answer to a question is so obvious that I can't see it. Here Paul talks about weapons that destroy strongholds and take captive every thought. He talks about spiritual weapons, not fleshly. Divinely powerful weapons! He's talking about his letters, his teachings and his corrections recorded in these letters. And he's talking about his preaching and teaching, about church discipline, and above all, about the Holy Spirit of God who works in and through all these things. He's talking about praying for the growth in true knowledge for the believers and lives changed and fruitful efforts. And he's talking about praying for God's discipline in their lives.

Application

The teaching must be there, the rebuke of false or wrong ideas, trusting in the Spirit to convict hearts and lead souls into the truth. Hebrews 4:12. The Word and the Spirit are divinely powerful weapons, and they must be wielded and called on to do their work. The truth must be taught and error must be rebuked and condemned, and believers must be called to act on the teaching. The Spirit provides a power to these things that no man can conceive. He is calling out every wrong idea that he hears of and smashes it in his letters, in hope that when he is present with them, all their problems will be cleared up. But if not, he still needs a sufficient number of them so committed to the truth that they will support him in any material discipline that might still need to be taken. If any believer needs to be cast out of fellowship in hope of their repentance, that the majority will hold to that separation until repentance comes!