Winning the World

Session 7: Summary 137

Messiah as embodied in the Abrahamic covenant extended through the people of God.

b. We are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for the personal possession of the Lord.

c. Once we were not a people, but now in Christ we are his people, having received his mercy.

d. As ambassadors of the future reign of God, we are to live our lives as sojourners and exiles abstaining from the pollution of this present world.

2. The Principle of Perspective : Bring all thoughts captive to Messiah, 2 Cor. 10.3-5 (ESV) – For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. [4] For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. [5] We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.

a. We wage warfare not in the flesh, but in the power of God.

b. These weapons are capable of destroying strongholds, arguments, and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God.

c. Through the use of this weaponry we can take every thought captive to Christ.