Christ -- Greater Than our Thoughts

"(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5Casting 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; 6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled." (2 Corinthians 10: 4-6)

Let us read all Scripture within the full context of Christ and Him Crucified.

For the longest time, I struggled with this passage, convinced that I had to block all my bad thoughts so that there was only one thought in my mind.

The Bible does not say:

Bring every other thought into obedience into the thought of Christ.

Jesus is not in our minds, but seated at the Right Hand of God the Father:

"21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all." (Ephesians 1: 21-23)

Jesus is not a thought in our minds, but Him who has been from the beginning:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1: 1)

and also

"4I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning." (1 John 2: 14)

We need to understand that His thoughts are not our thoughts:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." (Isaiah 55: 8)

Instead of trying to stop what we are thinking, we recognize that the weapons of this war are mighty through God, not through our efforts:

"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." (John 15: 5)

and

"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." (2 Corinthians 3: 18)

Jesus is greater than our thoughts, and rather than trying to fix our minds on one thought, we are called to rest our every thought on Him:

"1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." (Colossians 3:1-4)

Notice that Paul did not say "Think about " but stet your affections on things above" -- he is talking about a real Person, not a mindset, not a conception.

Jesus, greater than our thoughts, renews our mind (Romans 12:2) by His Holy Spirit.