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This entry illustrates more
clearly than any made since the Hay Bay camp meeting
Bangs's intensely dualistic concept of spiritual forces
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Wednesday January 1st 1806
Another year is gone and how little is
done for God's Glory. I am really ashamed when I reflect
upon my unprofitableness. O Lord enter not into Judgement
with thy unworthy servant [Ps
143.2]. O my Soul enter into a fresh
engagement to be more than ever engaged in doing the
Master's work [cf.
2 Tm 2.20-22]. I bless God I feel at peace with every one,
so far as I know except it be the Devil and his immediate
agents. May God enable one to attack him in his
Strong holds at every turn. I dread worse than death a
Lukewarm spirit. I had ra[th]er fight Devils every moment
than to get into a Laodicean spirit [Rev
3.13-16]. This I consider to be one of the Devil's Strong
holds, for a Lukewarm professor, is offensive to God, being
of no use in the Church, but only a dead weight to those who
would be alive to God.
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Terms |
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Laodicean spirit: A
biblical reference to the condemnation of the "Church of Laodicea" for being "neither hot nor cold" but
"lukewarm" in its commitment to the Gospel (Rev
3.13-16).
professor: A believer or
adherent of a particular faith |
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