The strongholds of the devil in the mind of people have one purpose, which is to prevent the Kingdom of God from being established on earth. There are many spiritual strongholds, but the biggest strongholds of the devil are built in people’s minds. These strongholds in the mind are built by nurture, शिक्षा, (सामाजिक) संन्चारका साधन, the wisdom and knowledge of this world, आदि. A person’s mind is the result of all the things the person has dedicated and devoted himself or herself to and fed himself or herself with. The devil’s strongholds always exalt itself against the knowledge and the wisdom of God and His Word (बाइबल), resulting in sin and iniquity. What are the strongholds in the mind of people, and how do you pull down these strongholds according to the Bible?
How the devil takes the mind captive?
The devil uses all kinds of means to enter the mind and take the mind captive. The devil knows that people’s words and actions derive from their mind. त्यसैले, the devil wants to control everybody’s mind so that they do his will.
सानैदेखि, the devil tries to captivate the minds of children through nurture, शिक्षा, मनोरंजन; टेलिभिजन, किताकस, गेमिङ, संगीत, सामाजिक मिडिया, मनोरञ्जन पार्कहरू, खेलौना, जादूटुना, आदि.
The strongholds, which the devil builds in the mind of children, ensure that children develop his character and walk according to his will in his ways.
The children develop a strong will and become rebellious against their parents, and refuse to submit to others. (यो पनि पढ्नुहोस्: बच्चाहरु, सबै कुरामा आमाबाबुको आज्ञा पालन गर्नुहोस्!).
As they mature, they’ll walk and talk according to the will of (को शासक) संसार. That’s because throughout the years they fed themselves with the knowledge, बुद्धि, and things of the world and developed a carnal mindset. उनीहरुको विचार, कल्पनाहरू, reasonings, तर्कहरू, barriers, शारीरिक ज्ञान र बुद्धि, exalt and rise against the knowledge of God.
किनकि हामी शरीरमा हिँड्छौं, हामी शरीरको पछि युद्ध गर्दैनौं: (हाम्रो युद्धका हतियारहरू शारीरिक होइनन्, तर बलियो पकडहरू तल तान्नको लागि परमेश्वरद्वारा शक्तिशाली;) कल्पनाहरू घटाउँदै, र हरेक उच्च कुरा जसले आफैलाई परमेश्वरको ज्ञानको विरुद्धमा उच्च पार्छ, र ख्रीष्टको आज्ञाकारितामा हरेक विचारलाई कैदमा ल्याउँदै; र सबै अनाज्ञाकारिता बदला लिन तयार छ, जब तिम्रो आज्ञाकारिता पूरा हुन्छ (2 धर्मघरको 10:3-6)
Can Christians who think and live like the world preach the gospel and establish God’s Kingdom on earth?
Christians who think, कार्य, and live like the world are not able to preach and establish God’s Kingdom on earth. Because their carnal mind and the way they think diametrically oppose the Bible (भगवानको वचन). That’s why the Bible says that a carnal mind is enmity with God, because a carnal mind won’t submit to God’s will.
किनभने यो लेखिएको छ, म ज्ञानीहरूको बुद्धि नष्ट गर्नेछु, र विवेकीहरूको समझलाई बेकार बनाउनेछ. कहाँ छ ज्ञानी? लेखक कहाँ छ? यो संसारको विवाद गर्ने कहाँ छ? परमेश्वरले यस संसारको बुद्धिलाई मूर्ख बनाउनु भएको छैन? (1 धर्मघरको 1:19-20)
किनकि यस संसारको बुद्धि परमेश्वरको नजरमा मूर्खता हो. किनभने यो लेखिएको छ, उहाँले बुद्धिमान्हरूलाई तिनीहरूको आफ्नै धूर्ततामा लिनुहुन्छ (1 धर्मघरको 3:19)
The stronghold of education
Education also plays an important role in the development of a person’s mind. दुर्भाग्यवश, many schools teach children things that oppose the will of God and His Word. Therefore education can become a stronghold in people’s mind.
In primary school, children are taught evolution and by time they go to high school, and after that to university, their mind is fed and filled with worldly knowledge and wisdom that is based on science and the philosophies of man.
फलस्वरूप, they shall have faith in science. Since faith is built on the words you hear and accept as the truth.
They shall believe in evolution instead of creationism and reject God and His existence. This worldly wisdom and knowledge become a stronghold in their mind. फलस्वरूप, they shall talk, कार्य, and walk according to the world system. The world considers them wise and smart, तर बाइबलको अनुसार, they are fools.
Scientific studies caused many Christians to become apostates from the faith in God and Jesus Christ; जीवित शब्द. किन? राम्रो, after hearing people’s wisdom and knowledge and their philosophies, reasonings, and so-called scientific proof, they began to doubt the Word of God. Just like Adam and Eve began to doubt the words of God after hearing the words of the devil. (उत्पत्ति 3:1-6)
The wisdom and knowledge of this world not only cause apostasy but also pride. Because through this carnal knowledge, which exalts itself against the knowledge of God, people exalt themselves above God and others.
That’s why you know this knowledge derives from the devil because it creates a person after his image and character. The devil is prideful and still exalts himself above God. The devil wants to be the god of the people, and his children follow his example.
Lay down worldly wisdom and knowledge
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise (1 धर्मघरको 3:18)
When people come to faith at an older age, they have to destroy these strongholds of worldly knowledge and wisdom. अन्यथा, they shall not be able to believe God’s Word, पश्चात्ताप, हुन फेरि जन्मियो, and act and live by faith according to God’s Word.
People may gain a lot of head knowledge of the Bible and quote every scripture of the Bible, but this knowledge only remains head knowledge instead of experiential knowledge. This carnal knowledge causes them to become puffed up.
They will not be able to walk in faith. Because their carnal mind, which is formed by the wisdom and knowledge of the world, belongs to the world and opposes the Word of God.
फलस्वरूप, they will combine God’s Word with the philosophies of man. They will change and adjust the words in the Bible to the knowledge and wisdom of this world.
Since they have a carnal mind and reason from their carnal mind, they’ll not be able to be born again.
They’ll consider regeneration a strange phenomenon, which they can’t comprehend or explain with their carnal mind. त्यसको कारणले, their spirit remains dead and not be raised from the dead by faith and regeneration in Christ
They shall not see nor enter the Kingdom of God, since their spirit is dead. एक्लै छोड्नुहोस्, अन्य भाषाहरूमा बोल्दै, building themselves up in their most holy faith, praying in the spirit, and fulfilling the great commission of Jesus Christ. (जुड 1:20, म्याथ्यू 28:19, मार्क 16:16-18).
What makes a Christian a Christian?
People may call themselves Christians on the basis that they believe in God and the Son Jesus Christ, बाइबल पढ्नुहोस्, pray before meals and before going to bed, एउटा चर्च भ्रमण गर्नुहोस्, give to charities, and maybe even do charity work(s), but all these things don’t make people a Christian.
As long as people are not born again and stay carnal and live according to the strongholds in their carnal mind they shall be humanists, who belong to the world and have the mind of the world.
Your walk and the fruit, which you produce in your life, prove if you believe and are a नयाँ सिर्जना; भगवानको छोरा (यो दुबै पुरुष र महिलाहरूमा लागू हुन्छ) कि हैन.
The stronghold of false doctrines
Another big stronghold of the devil in the mind is false doctrines. हो, even churches can build strongholds of the devil for the benefit of his kingdom in your mind. Preachers build these strongholds through false doctrines that derive from the wisdom and knowledge of carnal man and their philosophies. (यो पनि पढ्नुहोस्: कसरी शैतानको सिद्धान्तहरूले चर्चलाई मारिरहेका छन्).
These false doctrines that become strongholds in the mind cause Christians to depart from the will of God and His Word, सम्झौता, become passive, and spiritually fall asleep.
These false doctrines ensure that Christians stay ignorant regarding the truth of God and prevent them from walking in the truth as a son of God.
Some of these false doctrines are, that a person always remains a sinnerdespite the finished work of Jesus Christ, that it doesn’t matter how you live, किनभने तपाईं हुनुहुन्छ एक पटक बचत गरे सधैं बचत हुन्छ, that you don’t have to die to the flesh and बूढो मानिसलाई छोड्नुहोस्, that you can live like the world, कि अब कुनै पाप छैन, that you can’t पाप अरु सबै, because Jesus has taken all sins away, that there is no hell, that you don’t have to छिटो, that it’s all grace, that the love accepts everything, पाप सहित, religious rituals in church, आदि. But these are all lies of the devil, that proclaim the opposite of what the Bible teaches.
Most Christians don’t read and study the Bible themselves and listen to Him. They only listen to what their pastor says in the church or what television preachers say, and believe and accept their words as the truth.
The stronghold of inferiority (lack of self-confidence)
Another stronghold that the devil builds in the mind of many people is a lack of confidence and low self-esteem. This stronghold can prevent people from fulfilling God’s plan for their lives. Because God has a plan for every believer, जसले फेरि जन्म लिन्छ, and laid down his life, and follows येशू.
These lies are from the devil and don’t line up with what God’s Word says about the new creation. त्यसैले, it’s important to find out the truth and hear what God has to say and believe His words.
How can you find out the truth of God?
You can find out the truth of God and तपाईं वास्तवमा को हुनुहुन्छ, by studying the Bible. Only when you read and study God’s Word, you get to know Jesus and find out the knowledge of God’s will and what the Bible says about you. Because the Word is the reflection of God and reveals His will, and the mirror of the new creation. (यो पनि पढ्नुहोस्: परमेश्वरको वचन ऐना हो).
यद्यपि, we live in an age where people would rather be lazy. They don’t want to make time and don’t want to put any effort into reading and studying the Bible.
Many Christians spend hours on the things of this world, but are not willing to spend even one hour with the Father and His Word. त्यो धेरै दु: खी छ. Because they’ll never get to know Jesus; the Word and the Father, and find out the truth and walk in the fullness of the sonship of God. (यो पनि पढ्नुहोस्: कसरी नक्कली येशूले नक्कली ईसाईहरू उत्पादन गर्नुहुन्छ?).
They will always remain spiritual hitchhikers, who lean on other people’s faith. When they’ve a need or are in trouble, they always depend upon others and go to them for help and advice.
How to destroy the strongholds in your mind?
तिमीले आफ्नो मनका किल्लाहरूलाई वचनद्वारा नष्ट गर्छौ; येशू ख्रीष्ट. तिमी हरेक विचार लिन्छौ, कल्पना, तर्क, र परमेश्वरको ज्ञान र सत्यको विरुद्धमा आफूलाई उच्च बनाउने हरेक उच्च कुरा, कैदी र ख्रीष्टको आज्ञाकारितामा हरेक विचारलाई कैदमा ल्याउनुहोस्. यसको मतलब तपाईं आफ्नो दिमाग नवीकरण गर्नुहोस् भगवानको वचन संग. ताकि तपाईंले परमेश्वरको सत्यता र इच्छा जान्नुहुन्छ, अनि उनको राज्य.
हरेक विचार र कल्पना जुन बाइबलसँग मेल खाँदैन, तिमीले वचनको सत्यताले नाश गर्छौ.
बाइबलको साथ आफ्नो दिमागलाई नवीकरण गरेर र परमेश्वरका वचनहरू बोलेर, तिमीले आक्रमण गर्छौ, तल तान्नुहोस्, र आफ्नो दिमागमा यी किल्लाहरू नष्ट गर्नुहोस्.
सबै किल्लाहरू नष्ट नभएसम्म र तपाईंको दिमाग परमेश्वरको वचन र उहाँको इच्छा अनुरूप नहुञ्जेल तपाईंले यो गर्नुहुन्छ.
यस प्रक्रियाको क्रममा, तपाईलाई परीक्षण गरिनेछ. परीक्षणको क्रममा, तपाईंले प्रमाणित गर्नुहुन्छ कि यी किल्लाहरू अझै पनि शैतानको शब्दहरूमा काम गरेर छन् वा यी किल्लाहरू नष्ट भएका छन्।, परमेश्वरको वचनमा कार्य गरेर.
जब तपाईंको दिमाग परमेश्वरको वचनमा अनुरूप हुन्छ र तपाईं वचनको कर्ता बन्नुहुन्छ, तिमीले सोच्छौ र वचन अनुसार जिउनेछौ. तपाईंले वचनमा समर्पण गर्नुहुनेछ र उहाँको आज्ञापालनमा पवित्रता र धार्मिकतामा बाँच्नुहुनेछ.
आफ्नो जीवन मार्फत; तपाईं बोल्ने र हिंड्ने तरिका, र तपाईंले फलाउनु भएको फल, तपाईं प्रतिनिधित्व गर्नुहुन्छ, प्रवचन दिनु, र पृथ्वीमा परमेश्वरको राज्य स्थापना गर्नुहोस्.
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