"Compromise "

Joshua 24:15 …, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."(NKJV)

In our quest for understanding we have discovered that the Committed…

• Freely chose the Lord to be their Lord
• Wholeheartedly serve the Lord
• Trust and obey the Word of the Lord

However, as certain as there are those who truly commit everything to the Lord, there will also be those who refuse commitment and compromise their faith and relationship for their own desires.

Joshua 23:11-12 Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God. Or else, if indeed you do go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations--these that remain among you--and make marriages with them, and go in to them and they to you,(NKJV)

There are three aspects to understand regarding the one living a life of compromise…

• They go through the same motions as the committed, but ultimately do not trust nor obey God
• They are willing to disobey God for personal pleasures and possessions
• They accept the values and lifestyle of the culture around them

It is what I conclude as second hand faith, (what someone else believes or has experienced).

While the person sitting in the place of compromise claims to believe the same truths as the person sitting in the seat of commitment, he or she will live a life that is nearly identical to the person whose life is in conflict and chaos.

As I have discussed in earlier blogs, “any time we compromise a committed relationship we have set ourselves up for conflict and chaos.”

We cannot live a committed life on second hand faith (what someone else believes or has experienced) we must have a personal encounter with Christ and establish that relationship on the principles of His Word.

Pastor Ray