At one time or another, we all thought, that Satan was this colossal threat, with no earthly opponent that could contend. But that simply is not the case in Christ. The first thing Jesus told his disciples that they would do, was to cast out the devil in His name. No it’s the mind that hasn’t been corralled, that poses the problem. The terrible plight of the carnal mind, would rise up and defeat us many a time
But thanks be to God, Through The “New Birth, ( That is being born again and having received Jesus into our hearts,) that snapped the band that held us in place, with thoughts that corrupted and caused us disgrace Then all we had to do, was to renew our thinking, dismissing carnality; ( thoughts that conflict with the word ), bringing soundness, power, and liberty.
Now the mind need not lead you, provoke you, discouraged you. But the mind, transformed by the the living word, centers on excellency in what it has heard.
2 Corinthians 10:4-7 King James Version (KJV)
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 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
