Bringing Into Captivity Every Thought

From the Pastor: Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” (II Cor. 10:3-5)

The Apostle Paul understood the Christian duty of “bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” to be no stroll in the park. It required an all out declaration of war against everything that exalts itself against God. He also recognized the great difficulties and tremendous struggles each believer must plow through to obtain the victory. If this were true in the times of Paul, and it was, how much truer it is in this “Modern Era.”

Christians in this era of time face even greater challenges to the fulfilling of this heavenly duty. We are inundated with modern devices that lay siege to our minds, things like television, radio, online computers, video games, movies, ipods, schools of modern thought, controlled media propaganda, and scores of other thought detouring devices designed to prevent faithful diligence in the meditation of the Word of God, the person of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Though this be true, every Christian is still charged with the duty and responsibility to bring every thought into captivity.

There are formidable fortified fortresses of vain imaginations structured to keep the believers from concentrating upon heavenly things, the Lord Jesus, and the God of the heavens. The god of this world would have us ignorant of all knowledge pertaining to God and Jesus Christ. Therefore, we must give due diligence to demolish everything that attempts to enter into our minds endeavoring to build fortifications with a determination to exalt itself against the knowledge of God. If our thoughts are distracted away from God, then that to which it is distracted is attempting to exalt itself into God’s position of sovereignty over the believer’s heart and mind.

Brethren, the war grows greater and more desperate each day. Let us readily acknowledge the war, and then present ourselves for duty relying only upon the weapons and the arm of our mighty God. Pull down everything exalting itself against the knowledge of God!!!