Guest Speaker, Robert Grindley from Branch Ministries

Robert Grindley from Branch Ministries who is currently a missionary in Botswana, Africa.

2 Corinthians 10, verse 3.  "For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds."

 There are those who live the apathetic Christian life not realizing that there is a war going on.  Then there are those who have a war mentality, but sometimes find themselves fighting with the wrong enemies.  They're war-ing, but not understanding what they're primary war is as a Christian.

Then there are those strongholds.  What are they?  A stronghold is defined as fortress or a prison.  A stronghold is something that keeps other out and you separated from them. 

2 Corinthians 10: 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

So, Paul says, we have weapons that pull down these  prisons, weapons to pull down these forts that are keeping something out and keeping us imprisoned inside.

There are many Christians, though they are saved, still live as though they are imprisoned.  They live separated  from God.

2 Corinthians 10: 5 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.