Faith is like a muscle; the more you exercise faith, the stronger it grows. The more you will be ready for greater things. Conversely, the more you compromise, the weaker your faith will be. Compromise, at its core, is taking back control from God and trying to assert control over your life because of lust, fear, or any number of other sins. It is we who make excuses to do what we want or what we think is best, regardless of what the Bible says.
In John 14:15, Jesus says, “If you love me, keep my commandments”. Love God, Love others. We compromise when we make excuses to do what we want to do, instead of what we know is right. As Christians, we get convicted by the Holy Spirit; we know when we are doing something wrong. We then get met with a small test: do we obey the Spirit, and hence obey Jesus’ commands, or do we make excuses and do what we think is best? Let me give you a simple example…. A waitress gives you back too much change, and you notice. Now you have a choice…to do what is right and give the extra change back or to keep it. You did NOT sin, you did nothing wrong, the waitress made the mistake. But it gives you an opportunity to exercise faith or not. If you keep it, you may tell yourself things like, “Well, the restaurant doesn’t need the money as much as I do”, or even better, “Wow, this is God blessing me.” I promise you, God is not going to steal to bless you. That is whacked.
But that is a compromise. We make up excuses for doing what we want to do. Instead of doing what we know God wants us to do. This goes from cheating on taxes to surfing the internet on the company time for personal gain, to sleeping around before marriage, and so much more. Compromise is everywhere, and by and large, there is very little difference between the Christians and the non-Christians because of it. But toe the line, be the man or woman of integrity where your words match your actions, and watch as not only you grow, but your influence grows as well.
This Sunday, we continue our series on “The Last Instructions of Jesus” with the third letter, the compromising Church. It is going to be powerful, and you will be blessed if you go. I hope to see you there. Until next week, be blessed!!!
Brian
P.S. Christians in America have the same divorce rates, the same stress levels, depression, anxiety, etc. This SHOULD NOT be. The root of it comes from compromise when it comes to sin. This Sunday, we will be discussing the Compromising Church and going over how to be strong and have integrity in this crazy world. IT is going to be amazing! If Jesus Christ is coming soon….WHY NOT GET READY?! There is NO downside. Please join us this week, we will have coffee and donuts for you! Be there or be square….900 Cripple Creek Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. See you there!
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