The Temptation to Compromise  
October 12, 2012

       

        Now Satan, the tempter, says, “compromise”!!   Stop setting your standard so high!   Don’t be
       such a nit-picker.   Adjust to the realities of the world and you’ll be just fine.  In fact you’ll
       succeed! 

       Have you ever tried to advance in your world by retreating from God, to try to change the world
       by becoming like the world?

       Jesus was certain that we can never defeat evil by compromising with evil. He laid down the
       uncompromising nature of the Christian faith. Christianity cannot stoop to the level of the
       world; it must lift the world to its own level. Nothing less will do.  

       It’s the old question.   Are a thermometer which measures how much of the world  you reflect. 
       Or are you a thermostat which sets the spiritual temperature of your immediate world?

       So Jesus made his decision. He decided that he must never “bribe” others to win them over. 
       He decided that the way of impressing others was not for him.  He decided that there could be
       no compromise in the way he lived his life.   Those choices inevitably meant the Cross--but
       Christianity proclaims Easter, a final victory that those who bribe, impress, and compromise may
       never see.  

       “Lord, thank you so much for reminding us of Satan’s ways, for the reminder that Satan is an
       “angel of light” looking good at first, but who’s ways seek to lead us into the pit of Hell.  Amen”