Sadly, these fortresses often become prisons and eventually tombs. It means “ideas, concepts, reasonings, philosophies.” People of the world build up these logismos to protect themselves against the truth of God.
Jesus told us to “watch and pray” so as not to fall into temptation (Mark 14:38).Īccording to 2 Corinthians 10:4–5, there are spiritual fortresses in this world, made of the “speculations” and “lofty things.” The word speculations is, in the Greek, logismos. The enemy of our souls has “flaming arrows” that can only be extinguished by the shield of faith as handled by a believer equipped with the full armor of God (see Ephesians 6:10–17).
The devil is like a “roaring lion” seeking to devour, and we must remain vigilant against him (1 Peter 5:8). The spiritual battle is quite personal for each Christian. The kind of spiritual battle that every Christian engages in is primarily a battle of the mind and heart. The point all along was to show that the ultimate authority-and our ultimate spiritual weapon-is Scripture. The fidelity of Scripture depends on the authority of the apostles, so God gave the apostles His power to authenticate their teachings. It was important at that time for God to give the apostles a powerful “proof” that they were indeed from God and were His spokesmen. When Jesus and the apostles cast demons out, it was, along with the other signs and wonders they exhibited, primarily to prove the authority of what they said. It is important to note that Paul is not speaking about battling demons here. If we attempt to fight the spiritual with human weapons, we will fail and the enemy will be victorious. It is on a spiritual level-its enemies, its prerogatives, its fortresses, and its weapons are all spiritual. We are not fighting a physical battle or a human battle. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.” It is clear that “our warfare” as Christians is spiritual.
In the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 10:3–5, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. Not only awareness, but vigilance, preparedness, courage, and the right weaponry are crucial elements of engaging in spiritual warfare. Awareness of the spiritual battle around us is very important. It is crucial that every Christian understands that he/she is in a spiritual battle.
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