Not Like This World!
"For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war according to the
flesh."
2 Corinthians 10: 3
As of 2023, there were approximately 12,500
nuclear weapons in this world with 90 percent
belonging to Russia with 5,889 and the
United States with 5,244.
These huge numbers are a holdover from the Cold
War
between Russia and the U.S. when the arms race was a
way to intimidate each country’s main enemy. That has
always been the way of the world: accumulate more and
better material weapons.
Apostle Paul wrote that “we do not war according to the
ways of the world.” Paul doesn’t explain what war is. He
assumes his readers know that we are in a spiritual war,
and he wants them to understand the difference in the
weapons we
use.
He says in 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 that our primary weapon
is truth—“mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” of
the enemy. His words then remind us God’s message to
Zerubbabel: “‘Not by might nor by power, but by My
Spirit,’
says the Lord of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6).
When you find yourself in a spiritual battle, don’t fight
like the world. Turn to God and His truth, empowered
by the Spirit, to find victory
(Matthew 4:1-11).
"Lies and false reports are
among Satan’s choicest
weapons."
J. C. Ryle
