2 Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Firstly, we do not wage war as the world does, even though we still live in this world. You may ask, why wage war in the first place? There is continual war between the Devil and Christ our LORD. This stems from Genesis 3:15 which is a declaration of war by the LORD. There will be continual war on Earth. If you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ but are not engaged in this war, as in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, and have joined the Enemy's camp for some reasons, then you will eventually end up spiritually defeated. This is so because, there is no victory with the Devil. He stands eternally condemned.You may find living according to the urges, evil desires and passions of the sinful nature in you more attractive, like Eve saw it and recommended it to Adam. Foolish Adam, who had been amply warned by the LORD earlier, got carried away and did not see it as a deception from the Devil! He trusted the words of his new found wife more than his Maker, the LORD GOD. But the war isn't like what we see foolish men .get into all the time. We don't wage war like that because Christ our Lord does not wage war like that. We follow our Good and Gentle Shepherd all the time. He is the commander of the LORD's Army ,as well as our Gentle Shepherd. He always knew how to fight the Evil One. Since the war is not like the world's then, the weapons we fight with are also not like the weapons of the world. The war is different, so are the weapons! We have divine power to demolish strongholds. What are 'strongholds'? Anything that the Devil claims ownership of, when it actually does not, is a stronghold of the Devil. He fights to defend it. Well, in fact, everything that the Devil claims is his, isn't his. He is only a creation of God waiting to be annihilated permanently. How can a creature created by God, fight with it's Creator and get away with it, without being punished eternally? Here the Devil not only fights with Christ our Lord but claims ownership over lives that do not actually belong to him, as his stronghold. How dare he challenge the LORD God Almighty? What role do we play in this war, right here on this Earth, if we truly belong to Jesus Christ our Lord? We demolish strongholds of the Devil over lives of those around us. How do we do this?
We do this by the divine power within us. What is this divine power? This divine power comes directly from the divine nature of Christ formed in us. Of course this divine nature of Christ cannot be formed in us, if we do not have the born again spirit. Only the Spirit of God and His Christ can give birth to this born again spirit in us. This born again spirit in us, must also be filled with the whole divine nature of Christ. This whole divine nature of Christ our Lord does not get formed in us unless we obey everything Christ had commanded. God the Holy Spirit brings into remembrance everything Christ had commanded only when we obey His leading and guidance towards full formation of the divine nature of Christ in us (Christformation) in our born again spirit. God the Holy Spirit then transforms our sinful minds into the mind of Christ according to our obedience to everything Christ had commanded. We can never fool Him with what we sow. We will only reap what we sow with our lives. We can either sow with our life of obedience or disobedience. We will reap accordingly. We can never fool God with this. He can never be deceived, like how sinful men are easily deceived. The divine nature of Christ formed in us brings this divine power within us. We demolish strongholds of the Devil with this divine power within us. The whole divine nature of Christ formed in us is the weapon of our warfare with the Devil. With this divine power formed in us, we can tear down, uproot, overthrow, destroy and demolish the strongholds of the Devil set up by sinful nature of the Devil in man. Practicing the sinful nature of the Devil over the years, centuries, and ages, matures into strongholds of the Devil over lives. We who have the divine nature of Christ formed in us, have the divine power to demolish these strongholds of the Devil. God the Holy Spirit has been sent as our Helper for this! We must obey His leading, step by step till we have full victory. So what is our advice here for all? Are you struggling with defeats after defeats, in trying to overcome all the power of the Enemy? Commit your life fully to the Great Shepherd and obey the leading of God the Holy Spirit in you towards full Christformation. If you can't fight and demolish the strongholds of the Devil over lives, or their arguments or their pretension, then get behind those who can. Don't try to be a hero when you do not have the divine nature of Christ formed in you. You'll make yourself look like a clown and a laughing stock before the world. There is no known short-cuts for this. It requires a life of total obedience to the LORD. The weapons of our warfare are not of this world. Do you get it! It's in the divine nature of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ who is the Commander of the LORD's Army is interceding for you that you have His divine nature fully formed in you through your obedience to the leading of God the Holy Spirit within you. So get in line with the Commander of the LORD's Army now. Until you do that, you will remain defeated. Don't put the blame on the LORD for your defeats. You did not obey everything Christ our Lord had commanded. Start doing that now and see for yourself what power He has in store for you! Get in line,before more troubles come! Don't be stubborn and rebellious towards the LORD anymore. You will see this true in your life when you start obeying everything Christ had commanded and not when you keep obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in you.
2 Peter 1:3-4
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
