We must not compromise!

As in all of church history we live in a day where so called Christians are compromising their faith. Much of the church is doing what Paul warned us not to do:


Ephesians 4:13-15

13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—



When the Christian compromises on the truth of God's Word then they have nothing to stand on. Either the bible is absolute truth or it is false. For if it is false in one area then how would we know if any of it is true. When the christian compromises we end up right where we don't want to be:


Revelation 3:15-16

15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.



It makes God sick when the so called Christians stands in the middle instead of on the truth! He would rather you be completely against Him then twisting and turning the truths of His Word!



Read a few quotes from some great bible teachers:



Adrian Rogers: "It is better to be divided by the truth than to be united in error. It is better to stand alone with the truth, than to be wrong with the multitude."



Charles Spurgeon: "Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is knowing the difference between right and almost right."



"Let the separation between you and the world be final and irreversible. Say, 'Here I go for Christ and His cross, for the truth of the bible, for the laws of God, for holiness, for trust in Jesus; and never will I go back, come what may.'"



D.L. Moody: From the beginning to the end, the bible calls for whole-hearted allegiance to Him. There is to be no compromise with other gods."



Jonathan Edwards: "Resolution one: I will live for God. Resolution two: If no one else does, I still will."



Martin Luther: "I can not chose but to adhere to the Word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I can not do otherwise, so help me God! Amen



You see all these men see compromise taking place in their day also. They are also speaking to us today! Stand! Don't compromise even if you are all alone. The world is trying to conform the Word of God into their standards in many places such as marriage not being just between man and women, homosexuality being ok, drunkenness is ok, abortion is ok, forcing sin on businesses who do not want to compromise on their beliefs such as abortion pills, telling students they can't read their bibles or talk about Jesus and the list goes on and on and on! The church is jumping on board all of these....NOOOOOOOO!



We have two major problems the first is compromise which we have been talking about. The second is silence. Maybe you are a firm believer in the truth of God's Word but you stay silent. You see what one generation tolerates the next will celebrate! You can see this....look around. Followers of Jesus must stand and boldly proclaim the truths of God's word...even if it hurts!



Look here:




Philippians 1:21

21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.



To live is to stand upon the Word of God, look at all the examples of the bible. So here is the question....are you a compromiser of the Word or are a defender of the faith?



Billy Graham said and I agree: "A true Christian is a nonconformist."



Tom