2 Corinthians 10:5; Casting Down Imaginations

2 Corinthians 10:5 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;

Sin occurred first in heaven before it took place in the Garden of Eden by the disobedience of Adam and Eve. Lucifer, the most beautiful of the archangel rebelled against the sovereign rule of his Creator in 5 prideful thoughts.

Isaiah 14:12-14 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: 14 I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

In Isaiah 14:15, is recorded God’s judgment upon Lucifer or Satan, “Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.”

After Lucifer’s fall, he came as the serpent to beguile Adam and Eve. Recall, in Genesis 3:4-5 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Eve took the bait, imbibed the serpent’s lie, sought the special wisdom promised, held captive by a lie, together with Adam, disobeyed God by eating the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It was a great fall. Man loses his dominion in God’s creation. Satan took over and became the prince of this world.

Thank God through Christ and the wisdom of God’s revealed Word, there is a way back for fallen man. A sober lesson for the redeemed man to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Amen.