A Battle You Can’t Win, Alone

March 2, 2026

2 CORINTHIANS 10:5 NKJV – (5) casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

You know the worst fight to be in is a fight that you don't know you're in. People are living life everyday just freely, but they're fighting. They're in a fight and they're unaware. They have thoughts in their head that tell them they're worthless that never be enough and never make it. You'll never be good. You will never change.

Your parents will never love you. She will never like you. And they think that’s their thoughts. No my brothers and sisters, you’re in a spiritual battle. That’s not of God. There's something wrong and they don’t know it. That’s tough! Suicidal thoughts. That’s death. That is demons who want control! That’s a spiritual fight and people don’t know it. You have all that going on in your mind. It’s going on inside and we think that’s the norm. That’s just where I‘m at we say to ourselves. It is not normal! Those tormented thoughts are not even your own.

The battlefield in question is not an earthly region, but the hearts and minds of the people. In God's power, Paul and his co-workers for Christ are able to destroy all the arguments and impressive-sounding opinions his opponents put forward against the knowledge of God. Using godly tools, Paul and his associates destroy the feeble arguments, but they capture the thoughts of the people in order to motivate them to obey Christ.

In posing this as spiritual war for the mind, Paul reveals an essential truth. Wrong teaching leads to wrong thinking, which leads to disobedience to Christ. Understanding the true knowledge of God leads to right thinking, which leads to obedience to Christ.

SCRIPTURE READING

1 PETER 1:14-15

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

You can’t fight a war you don’t even know you’re in.