2 Coríntios 10

2 Coríntios 10

Morgan - Two Men, Two Martyrs April 27 belongs to two martyrs. They never knew one another, never met, and indeed, lived centuries apart. One was married on this day, then killed shortly afterward. The other marks this as the day of his death. The latter was a Christian named Pollio in the town of Gibalea (modern Vinkovce, Hungary). On April 27, 304 he was hauled before a judge who demanded his name. “Pollio,” he said. “Are you a Christian?” “Yes.” “What office do you hold?” Pollio replied that he was chief of the readers in his church, one whose duty it was to read God’s Word to the congregation. For that offense, Pollio was promptly burned to death. Sixteen hundred years later, another Christian named Roy Orpin, a New Zealander, considered missionary service. He had been deeply moved by the martyrdom of John and Betty Stam in China. He went to Thailand, and there, on April 27, 1961, married an Englishwoman named Gillian. She was also a missionary in that country. At the reception the two sang a duet, the hymn “Calvary.” The couple moved into a shanty in a Thai village and spent their first year of marriage amid growing danger. Violence was escalating in Southeast Asia. Gillian became pregnant, and Roy became afraid. “I had no peace,” he wrote friends, “until I remembered 2 Corinthians 10:5.” Gillian moved to a regional town having a missionary hospital while Roy stayed in the village of Bitter Bamboo to work with a small band of Christians. Suddenly three robbers appeared, demanded his valuables, and shot him. He was taken to a government hospital, and Gillian rushed to his side. He lingered four days. His dying wish was for his wife to join him in singing a favorite hymn. The two lovers raised faltering voices and sang, “Jesus! I am resting, resting / In the joy of what Thou art; / I am finding out the greatness / Of thy loving heart.” Then Roy, age 26, passed away. They had been married less than 13 months. (On This Day: 365 Amazing and Inspiring Stories) War (4754) strateuomai from strategos = army, stratos = an encamped army) means literally to perform military service, serve as a soldier in the army, go to fight, carry on a military campaign, make a military expedition, lead soldiers to war or to battle. Strateuomai is used figuratively in this verse of spiritual battle (as used in 1Pe 2:11+) and means to carry on a campaign of spiritual warfare, planned and orchestrated by the indwelling enemy our fallen flesh, the evil disposition we inherited from Adam and which is still "latent" even in believers. NT uses - 7v - Lk. 3:14; 1Co. 9:7; 2Co. 10:3; 1Ti 1:18; 2Ti 2:4; Jas. 4:1; 1Pe 2:11 Related Resources: VERSE BY VERSE EXPOSITION ON EPHESIANS 6:10-18... EPHESIANS 6:10-18 BY WAYNE BARBER Ephesians 6:10: Spiritual Warfare, Pt 1 Ephesians 6:11: Spiritual Warfare, Pt 2 Ephesians 6:14: Spiritual Warfare, Pt 3 Ephesians 6:15,16 Spiritual Warfare, Pt 4 Ephesians 6:17: Spiritual Warfare, Pt 5 Ephesians 6:12,13 Spiritual Warfare, Pt 6 Ephesians 6:18: Spiritual Warfare, Pt 7 VERSE BY VERSE EXPOSITION ON THE FALLEN FLESH VERSE BY VERSE EXPOSITION ON RESISTING THE ROARING LION Exposition of 1Peter 5:8 Exposition of 1Peter 5:9 VERSE BY VERSE EXPOSITION ON THE BATTLE IN OUR MIND 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Exposition MISCELLANEOUS Cyberhymnal Hymns on Topic of Spiritual Warfare (scroll down) 2 Chronicles 20:1-25 Ambushing Satan with Song - John Piper THE METAPHOR OF THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER Soldier Illustrations Exposition of 2 Timothy 2:3-4 Three Kinds of Soldiers - Ten Principles of Warfare Roman Soldier by Edward Gibbon (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire) The Roman Soldier - Description from Jewish Historian Josephus A Few Soldier Stories and Sermons THE AMALEKITES: A PICTURE OF PERSISTENT SPIRITUAL WARFARE Jehovah Nissi: Exposition of Exodus 17:8-16 (See also commentary on Exodus 17) 2 Corinthians 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. Greek: ta gar hopla tes strateias hemon ou sarkika alla dunata to theo pros kathairesin ochuromaton (Note: some translation place the following phrase in verse 4 - kathairountes (PAPMPN) logismous) Amplified: For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, (Amplified Bible - Lockman)