1 Peter 4:1-2
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
Christ entered into conflict for that which He cared about. He did it for the love of God and the good of man. Conceal and carry this kind of thinking. It will protect you when it goes down around you.
Thoughts are ammunition. They are a form of self defense. They are weapons of attack.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
It is never ideal to try to produce weapons or ammunition in the midst of war. You can't effectively turn them out in the trenches. Missiles are best manufactured in times of peace. The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
Do not sleep on the weapons of our warfare. They are not weak like flesh, but powerful like God. They bring down what seem to be the strongholds of the enemy. His best polemics evaporate under the lamp of godly logic. What once looked like strongholds end up, if they remain at all, like Ozymandias' stumps, serving only as a reminder that every lofty opinion that has raised itself up against God has been razed by a flick of His wit.
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