Where is our spiritual battle fought? Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 2 Corinthians chapter 10:
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
5 casting down arguments (logismos) and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
The battle is fought in our thought life, not at some external place. Peter spoke by THE SPIRIT in Acts chapter 3:
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord
The word “repent” means to change your mind. As we hear FATHER’S Word our mind is changed from futile thoughts to thoughts promoting life, healing, and restoration. As we change our minds from worldly thoughts to FATHER’S higher thoughts HIS Ways become our ways. FATHER’S Thoughts have the power to take our thoughts into captivity and remove worry and fear from our thought life. Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 6:
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Do you seek the Kingdom by traveling to some “Sacred place”? No, the Kingdom is within us but we must cast down those vain imaginations and anything exalting itself above FATHER’S Word in our thought life. The result will be peace no matter what is happening in the external environment around us. Jesus did not find it necessary to find the highest peak to overcome the devil but the devil tried to externalize the battle by doing so. The devil could not infiltrate and change Jesus’ thought life.
We must cast down logismos which is translated as logic, a reckoning, computation, a reasoning, a judgment, or decision. Often FATHER’S Word does not seem logical because we are unable to see the bigger picture. Those who are highly schooled have a tendency to challenge FATHER’S Word because they think they know it all thus they attempt to apply their narrow logic and challenge the Scripture. They simply cannot see in the Spiritual realm because they count on their five physical senses for information. FATHER says their thoughts are futile because they do not have access to the Knowledge of FATHER thus they are simply blinded to HIS higher revelation.
What is “the obedience of Christ”? Jesus was obedient to FATHER’S Word His entire life on earth and FATHER responded before Jesus began His ministry by saying “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” FATHER never spoke this to anyone else before that day. Jesus was obedient to the cross and we should be obedient to placing our fleshly nature on the cross as well. As we exalt Christ in our lives we become obedient to Christ. As we take Holy Communion in the proper context we exalt Christ to be preeminent in our lives and we become obedient to His preeminence. In Romans chapter 5 Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT:
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
Adam’s sin was so powerful it made us all sinners, but Jesus’ obedience was even greater than all aspects of Adam’s sin thus we are able to be restored to FATHER fully and completely. When we have fully changed we will be refreshed by being in the presence of THE LORD as Peter spoke in Acts 3:19. If we are not being refreshed then there is need for further change to be accomplished in us. There is still one or more strongholds needing to be pulled down in our thought life.
Any situation, thought, or action keeping us from that refreshing Peter spoke of needs to be dealt with by applying FATHER’S Word. Once we have perceived the anointing of being in HIS Presence, its absence becomes apparent. Let us overcome and pull down every stronghold so that we become fully submitted to the obedience of Christ.