2 Corinthians 2:5 "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;"
This is a verse we're pretty comfortable with but I believe has largely lost its meaning. What are imaginations and high things that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God? I believe Paul is talking about sin, plain and simple. Sin begins as an imagination and attempts to be greater than the knowledge we have of God.
For example - someone does something to tick you off. If you slow down the tape, your anger begins as an imagination. Yet the knowledge of God confronts that imagination. Through the knowledge of God we know that anger is wrong and that love ought to be our response. Yet this sin makes itself a "high thing" and tries to trump that knowledge.
In that moment we have a choice - will we cast down that imagination? Will we bring that thought into obedient captivity to Christ? Or will we let it overcome what we know of God and rule us?
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