4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6 being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete. ~ 2 Corinthians 10:4-6
I watch a lot of debates between Christians, Muslims, Atheists, etc., and a well-known Christian apologist’s wife explains how Muslim’s will try to trap Christians into a very weird argument by twisting very simple words. One example is that they will ask ‘is Jesus fully God?’ most Christians will answer yes. Muslims will then respond with ‘which part or what percentage of God is Jesus? And what part or percentage of God is the Father? How fully God is He?’
Now, they know that doesn’t make sense, but it will trip up and catch most Christians off guard because it’s such a strange argument. So, what do we do? The Christian apologist instead answers that Jesus is truly God, rather than fully God, to avoid the foolish twisting of words. We have to prepare ourselves by studying our Scriptures and the tactics of our enemies. We have to know our Scriptures better than they do. Why? Because the enemy is notorious for twisting, misquoting, reinterpreting verses, words, and arguments in order to tear down our faith. Why? Because our faith is under attack.
We’re no longer preparing for and/or engaging in spiritual warfare. The enemy is at war with us, but only a few of us are at war with him. We’ve become a sleeping giant. The world is at war with us, but we aren’t taking it seriously. It’s about time the Church wakes up and joins this spiritual war currently consuming us. Currently leading our children away. If we would only wake up, we could change the world.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Wake Up This Sleeping Giant.