Spiritual Warfare: Are You Wrestling or Resting?sinners they will reap the consequences of what they
sow in sin. But actually, Paul was writing to believers
when he said that.
Believers are going to reap what they sow—whether
it's good or bad. Believers are sowing words and acts
and deeds every day from which they will eventually
reap a harvest—good or bad—and demonic activity is
not necessarily even involved.
Most important of all are the words you sow,
because the Bible says there is life and death in the
power of the tongue (Prov. 18:21). And wrong thinking,
wrong believing, and wrong speaking are ways believers
knowingly or unknowingly open a door to the devil in
their lives. That's how believers allow the devil to build
strongholds in their minds and lives.
Therefore, reading Second Corinthians 10:3-5 in its
entire context, it is telling believers that the truth of
God's Word is a spiritual force mighty enough to
overcome the lies and deception Satan tries to bring
against our minds to bring us into bondage.
What else do the epistles say about "war" and
"warfare?"
1 TIMOTHY 1:18,19
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy,
according to the prophecies which went before
on thee, that thou by them mightest WAR a good
WARFARE;
19 HOLDING FAITH, and A GOOD
CONSCIENCE; which some having put away
concerning faith have made shipwreck.
How did Paul tell Timothy to war a good warfare?
By holding faith and a good conscience. In other words,
Paul is simply telling Timothy, "Stay in the fight of