Pulling Down Strongholdsnations, especially in the sense of warring tongues and
yelling at the devil. We need to go back to what the
Word of God says.
What does the Word of God say specifically about
pulling down strongholds? And according to the Bible,
what is a "stronghold"?
2 CORINTHIANS 10:4,5
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.
In these verses, Paul defines what a stronghold is.
Because some have failed to keep this in mind, they
have taken one verse and gone to the extreme with it.
For example, some have taken the phrase "the weapons
of our warfare are mighty for the pulling down of
strongholds" in verse 4 out of its setting and tried to use
it to present a complete doctrine by itself. By taking
verse 4 out of the context of the next verse, they begin
to make it say something that it really isn't saying.
But reading verse 4 by itself as a complete doctrine
can leave the wrong impression. You would be missing
what Paul is really talking about here unless you read
verse 4 about strongholds in the context in which it was
written.
Actually, in this passage Paul is talking about a
believer taking charge of his mind—his own thinking.
He is talking about mental bondages—thoughts,
reasonings, and arguments—which are contrary to God
and His Word.