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IS YOUR MIND ARMED OR UNARMED? Part 12
Older and younger children should be taught how to resist the devil when he seeks to bring them down. We must teach them the Scripture in James 4:7: “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
The word “resist” means “to stand against, to oppose, resist, withstand.” We are in a fight against the devil. We can’t take it casually, lightly, or flippantly. The devil loves to get you and your children into a bad mood or a negative state of mind or conduct. This destroys not only your own peace but the peace of others around you. We must resolutely resist all Satan’s tricks and temptations.
This may take time for the devil doesn’t give up easily. You must bring out the big guns against him. Toy guns don’t fool him.
Our biggest weapons are found in Revelation 12:11: “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
We also learn from 2 Corinthians 10:4, 5: “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; 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.”
This Scripture instructs us how to deal with negative, destructive evil thoughts that the devil uses to make us disobedient to Christ in our thought life. We must resist him and not give place to them.
Our thought life is where we win or lose; or where the devil wins or loses. Our thought life is where the devil raises his strongholds. We must teach ourselves, our families, and our friends how to get the victory and maintain the victory over every thought.
We must get into the habit of bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
We can use the Second Amendment entitling us to carry guns on our hips to protect ourselves and others physically, and yet be totally unarmed around our thoughts and minds. This is where spiritual ISIS or any other terrorist spiritual force takes control of our unarmed minds.
This is where our number one battle is won or lost. It’s all in our thought life. No wonder the high priest wore a bonnet with an engraving across the front, HOLINESS TO THE LORD (Exodus 28:36-38). God wants holy minds. He wants clean minds, not unclean.
Read again 2 Corinthians 10:4: ”For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but MIGHTY THROUGH GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONG HOLDS.”
1 Peter 1:13: “Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober.”
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
