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THE BATTLEGROUND Dr. Lambert Dolphin by hymn Revival Via Flickr: THE BATTLEGROUND Dr. Lambert Dolphin "...being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete." (2 Cor 10:6) “That means that once you have been delivered from your inner weaknesses which make you unusable in the spiritual warfare of our day, then you must maintain an alertness to deal promptly with any return of these things. I do not know anything more practical than this. Many people struggle for years against weaknesses in their lives and wonder why they can get nowhere. But they are trying to stop the act, not the inward thought that precipitates it. They permit themselves inward dalliance with ugly and hurtful things, ambitious projects where they see themselves as the hero on the white horse, always riding out to deliver the damsel from distress, winning the attention of all the multitudes around, or giving way to lust and playing it over on the record player of the mind. Then they wonder why they are so weak when an opportunity comes to indulge in an act. The battleground is our thought life, that is what Paul is telling us. When we win that battle then we must be careful to punish every disobedience after our obedience has been made complete, after we have learned what it takes to walk with God.” Hymn Revival www.ldolphin.org
HIS CHURCH NOT OURS Dr. Lambert Dolphin by hymn Revival Via Flickr: HIS CHURCH NOT OURS Dr. Lambert Dolphin “God hates bland, comfortable, mediocre, lukewarm Christianity! Actually Jesus has been completely marginalized by the time history has reached the Laodicean stage of the church just prior to the end of the age. This church does not need Jesus. His presence is superfluous. Laodicean Christians are rich and well-off--our services and programs all run on autopilot. Jesus stands outside this church hoping to be invited back in! He is actually outside and not really needed. Does he really show up at all on Sunday mornings, and how would we know? But the real church is His church not ours!” Hymn Revival www.ldolphin.org
SPIRITUAL GIFT Dr. Lambert Dolphin by hymn Revival Via Flickr: SPIRITUAL GIFT Dr. Lambert Dolphin “Every Christian has at least one spiritual gift, many are given more than one gift. All Christians are called to the work of the ministry and distinctions between "clergy" and "laity" are foreign to the New Testament. Both spiritual gifts and natural talents must be employed in the power of the Holy Spirit and not in the self-energy of the flesh in order to please God and bring positive results.” Hymn Revival www.ldolphin.org
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES Dr. Lambert Dolphin by hymn Revival Via Flickr: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES Dr. Lambert Dolphin “This chorus doesn't seem to make sense to me anymore. Does it mean non-Christians will be impressed when they see the followers of Jesus showing love for one another? Probably not. If there is any truth to the words of the chorus what matters in our loveless world is more likely to be the obedience of God's people to love those who are on the outside: angry, bitter, cynical, raging against God, losers, drunks and cheats. Who are the enemies I am supposed to love? I have personal enemies to be sure--they usually don't bother me often. But in the broader sense I am in that tiny minority of followers of Jesus in modern American society. I am surrounded by the enemies of Jesus--by those who quietly or openly oppose and resist Him, who insult His name and reputation, who openly offend all the values He represents. I think we Christians have allowed ourselves to be marginalized almost out of existence in recent decades. What we stand for is considered by the immoral majority to be totally irrelevant. We have been comfortable in our gated-community cultural ghettos quietly allowing our enemies to go to hell--or even helping them on that chosen path. Do I want any of them to be saved? Probably not. In our failure to vigorously engage our culture in radical and confrontational ways--by seriously loving the enemies of God around us on every side--are we not ignoring the commandment of Jesus to love our enemies?” (read Luke 6:46) Hymn Revival www.ldolphin.org
A FALLEN NATION Dr. Lambert Dolphin by hymn Revival Via Flickr: A FALLEN NATION Dr. Lambert Dolphin “When a nation can be seen to be falling apart morally and spiritually, every one of us as individuals needs to repent. As soon as we begin repenting, God will shine moral light on our paths and byways. Soon it should be self-evident, “Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.” Hymn Revival www.ldolphin.org