Uncompromising Faith

Compromise.

​Two opposing parties sit down, offer each other something, make an agreement, maybe shake hands, then walk away with something that will help them get along and not go to war!
Compromise, quid pro quo if you will, is the name of the game in this world. It can be good. It can be not so good. Meeting in the middle can leave some folks in a place they one day might regret.
Biblical characters who compromised faith always ended up in trouble.
Abraham lied to an enemy that his wife was his sister (Genesis 20:1-3). King David committed adultery, murder and cover up (II Samuel 11-12). Peter denied the Lord after he arrogantly declared he never would (Mathew 26:60:75). Judas Iscariot sold out Jesus to his religious enemies (Matthew 26:47-50).
The above individuals made a choice. They chose to compromise faith, loyalty and obedience to the Lord they said they loved and believed in. Under pressure from the enemy of their souls, fleshly desires and cultural opposition, they compromised what should never have been compromised.   
Today I have good news for sincere Christians who desire to remain faithful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
FACT: The Bible is God’s Word. Uncompromising truth from Almighty God. His Word is holy, pure, inspired by the Holy Spirit, infallible and authoritative.
According to God’s Word, biblical faith is non-negotiable. Not open to compromise. Not now. Not ever. You and I get to choose each day to not compromise faith in God and His Word.
Sadly, in our day, Individual Christians are compromising. The church in some quarters is compromising.
Something is very wrong when “professing” Christians believe one hour a month is adequate church attendance. When the divorce rate for Christians is the same as non-Christians (both at 50%). When so-called churches openly and warmly welcome and embrace unrepentant, biblically immoral people into their fellowship. Something is horribly wrong when some Christians believe the right to choose to butcher a baby in the womb is acceptable.
Lord, help us. How can unbelieving, precious people for whom Jesus died, be interested in believing in Him If professing Christians compromise their faith in Him?
The process of compromise is much like sin. A little sin here, a little more sin there, and boom! Satan and the world hooks its prey. Like unsuspecting fish nibbling on a juicy worm at the lake. Nibble, nibble, nibble leads to a net and a frying pan!
Compromise only needs to get a foot in the door of our mind and heart to negate our faith and damage our witness to the body of Christ and lost souls.  
Why should my faith and yours be uncompromising?
 SIMPLE: THE CROSS OF CHRIST WAS NO COMPROMISE!
At Golgotha, the place of the Skull, God’s only Son was brutally tortured, taunted, trash-talked and abandoned by His closest followers. Jesus, could have, but did not make a deal with the devil, the Jewish legalists, the Romans or His grieving disciples.
His uncompromising, unshakeable, immovable commitment was to be the Savior of the world.
As His precious lifeblood poured out of the nail driven wounds Jesus cried out “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” (Luke 23:33-34). Jesus did the Father’s will, not His. “Not my will but Your will be done” (Matthew 26:36-46).
God’s holiness, righteousness, purity, love, mercy and grace is uncompromising. 
Thank You Lord Jesus. If you had compromised your faith in the Father, none of us would be saved!
Considering what Jesus has done for us, Christians should never compromise faith when it comes to commitment, convictions, character and conduct. What we say we believe and trust in, how we choose to live our daily really does matter!
The Son of God lives in us through the Holy Spirit. Scripture says we have the mind of Christ (I Corinthians 2:16). Christians are to be conformed after His image (Romans 8:28-30). Simply put: be like Jesus. Jesus told his disciples before He went to the cross “If you love Me obey Me.” The book of Hebrews emphasizes that through faith and obedience we enter God’s Kingdom.
As I read the Bible, born-again, Spirit-filled, wholeheartedly committed Christians cannot and must never accept, endorse or support abortion, homosexuality, same sex marriage, transgender mutilation, pedophilia, lying, stealing, cheating, adultery, fornication, racial prejudice, hatred, corruption, oppression of innocent people, rebellion against lawful authority and other issues our anti-Christian society stands and will ultimately fall for.    
Foreboding question you and I must answer: What happens to our children and grandchildren if we compromise our faith in Christ? Truth is, they do what we do, not just what we say.
I believe If people who say they confess faith in Jesus compromise, they should no longer confess faith in Christ.
Paul’s personal commitment to keep faith in Christ should stir us to do likewise.
“For this reason I also suffer, but I am not ashamed.; for I know whom I have believed and am convinced, completely persuaded, that God is able to keep what I have entrusted to Him against that day.” II Timothy 1:12
How about you my fellow Christian friend? Is your faith uncompromising? When tested and tempted to compromise what you believe do you pass the test, standing firm with immovable, uncompromising faith? Are you absolutely convinced, certain, fully persuaded that by believing and obeying the Lord you can count on Him to keep His promises to you and will one day welcome you to your eternal home in glory in the presence of the Father?
I pray you and I will, with God’s help, one day at a time, no matter what happens, never compromise our faith in Christ.
Word For Your Week: Never, never, never compromise your Christian commitment, convictions, character or conduct.