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OUTLINE FOR SUNDAY MESSAGE, 9-20-26
“I’M IN THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE, PT, II,”
2 COR. 10:3-6 (KJV)
2 Corinthians 10:3–6 (KJV)
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 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; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
In 2 Corinthians 10:4, Paul describes spiritual warfare weapons that function “mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.”1 The phrase “strongholds” carries a double meaning that illuminates Paul’s broader point about spiritual conflict.
The Greek term ochuroma depicts both a fortified castle and a prison.2 The fortress imagery represents defensive barriers—walls constructed to exclude external threats2—while the prison dimension captures something more insidious: an internal confinement designed to prevent escape, making a stronghold fundamentally a place of captivity and imprisonment.2
The passage’s context matters: Paul immediately follows with “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,”1 clarifying that strongholds are mental fortifications—systems of thought opposing God’s truth. The weapons Paul references aren’t physical but operate through divine power to dismantle these false belief systems, freeing believers from mental and emotional captivity constructed through lies and distorted perception.
1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV)
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
FAITH, 1 TIM. 6:12, DEFINED
Greek agonizomai, pronounced ag-o-nid-zom-ahee, Strongs 75, to struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an adversary), or genitive (to endeavor to accomplish something):- fight, labor fervently, strive.[1]
Our text in 2 Cor. reveals that Christians are in a fight, a spiritual warfare, and that the weapons that we fight with in a spiritual warfare are spiritual weapons, not natural, or weapons that we can see with the natural eye, or that can be perceived by the senses. There is a spiritual struggle, a contention, a striving between us and something else, that many Believers will be shocked to know that that struggle is primarily an inner struggle, moreso than a struggle between us and some outward enemy such as demons, other people, or some other entity outside of ourselves, but the faith fight is primarily an inner battle as revealed by our text and the following scriptures,
Ephesians 6:10–17 (KJV):
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Romans 7:14–25 (KJV)
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Right before our eyes the Lord gives us the answer to our dilemma, Galatians 5:16–26 (KJV)
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
It’s in the power of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling presence that will have victory over this flesh. We can’t please God in our flesh, Romans 8:1-6 (KJV): 8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace
Romans 8:13 (KJV)
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
We can only please God by faith, Hebrews 11:6 (KJV): 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
The entire 11th. Chp. of Hebrews was dedicated to teaching us ow to walk by faith. God gives us power over this flesh through His Spirit if we would have faith in God. Ephesians 5:18 (KJV):
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.
As a matter of fact, don’t be drunk with anything from without us wherein is in excess or more influential than He that is in us, the Holy Spirit, 1 John 4:4 (KJV): 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. The Holy Spirit gives us power over this flesh. Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. We hinder God’s power in our lives. We don’t realize how we stop Him from manifesting His glory in our lives when we don’t have faith in His Word, but are filled with doubt and unbelief because of the strongholds, or wrong thinking, that have set up camp in our minds. These are what shut the power of God down in Jesus’ day, Mark 6:1-6 (KJV):
6 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. 4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. 5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
The Holy Spirit is our Helper and the power of God over this flesh. The Holy Spirit is the power of God over our own selves. Who you need to give a good beat down is your own self, human nature, or flesh. Self, you’re under arrest, and the Bible says to deny self, Matthew 16:21–27 (KJV):
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Deny your human nature, your carnal man, your flesh, not your spirit. The spirit is willing, but it’s that flesh that is weak, Matthew 26:41 (KJV): 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
OUTLINE FOR BIBLE STUDY MONDAY, 9-14-26
“YOU CAN’T OUTGIVE GOD,”
PS. 24:1 (KJV)
Psalm 24:1 (KJV)
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof;
The world, and they that dwell therein.
God allows us to work on His earth; to use a part of the earth or what is in it or on it; and of its forces and energies; and to extract from it…food, materials, supplies, metals, wood, oil, coal or what-have you; or to work on or with that which others have extracted from the earth; in manufacturing, distributing, selling, buying, investing, or whatever may be your occupation or job or profession, and so, whether you have realized it or not, you have been working in partnership with God. In reality, we were blessed by God with the ideas, mental capacities, wisdom, the abilities, etc., to be able to prosper, Deuteronomy 8:18 (KJV): 18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. We own nothing, but are stewards of what has been placed into our hands. All of it belongs to God.
1 Corinthians 10:26 (KJV)
26 For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
Job 41:11 (KJV)
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?
Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
The farmer or the gardener may plant seed, plow and expend his labor in raising food, but, who supplied the soil? Who created the living process that makes the seed sprout and grow? Who sends the rain or provides water for irrigation? Who sets the sun in the sky and causes it to shine and warm the earth? Who causes the plant to drink out of the soil the minerals, vitamins and good elements to grow into vegetables, the grain, or the fruit? Did you perform this part of the business of raising the food you eat? It is said that God supplies about nine parts of everything man makes or produces; and man’s thinking, planning and working supplies only about one part. Amazing, isn’t it? He (man) puts in so little, but gets so much out. He (God) puts so much in, but asks for such a small amount out of it.
Deuteronomy 10:14 (KJV)
14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
Exodus 19:5 (KJV)
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine.
Psalm 50:10–12 (KJV)
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
And the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains:
And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:
For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Haggai 2:8 (KJV)
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
God does not take nine-tenths of the proceeds, or the income. He does not take eight-tenths, or seven, or even three or two-tenths. God is generous. God has reserved for His use, only one little, tiny tenth of what is produced out of His earth through His forces and energies. God takes only one-tenth, and a freewill offering. And after you have been honest in paying God’s tenth to God’s chosen Ministers or Representatives, then, and not until then, God had decreed that the other nine-tenths becomes legally yours.
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