One of my favorite parts of 2 Cor. is where Paul defends his ministry by explaining that he is waging a spiritual, and not worldly, warfare. He needed no earthly weapons or methods, as his weapon was simply the power of the gospel, which is powerful enough to overtake anything raised up against it.
In v. 5 he says, We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ . . . . I like how the Holy Spirit uses that phrase to describe the power of the gospel to captivate people's minds.
As we will be called to account for all of our words and actions, the best way to change those things is to start with our thoughts. We should try to make sure every thought is captive to the obedience of Christ. We ought to filter every thought and make sure it is a slave to Christ and is in accordance with God's word. This will lead to words and actions that are also slaves to Christ.
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