"NO COMPROMISE"

Press, 20 October 1980, Page 22

"NO COMPROMISE"

In hit trimatetion of (Rom. 12:2), J.B. Phillips sa V ?, • ‘PPn'T l»t tht arowid v«« w« own mould, l*ut lot God rtmould your minds from within.” The world js always pushing us w«Eas i ’s gowwir if «"*’ ChrMuns wo under to eonjgiwtoitit Wlrtctlmts, The oply eff*«?»e antidote, to euoh presoure is wholehearted cawqhmtht to Christ. haetiedqw* 'yy o ■ •ito'ng WS«t tor the world's

pressure*. "A -doubleminded men," James tells us. Is "unstable in all his ways." (Jams* 1:8) Unless a person has decided ahead of time that he will obey God no matter what the cost, he is Ikaly to cwnProiph* vyfiwi terpptotton Jesus said such • stance ts impossible to pwiptain. '■No man can popje two masters: for aithpr he wii! h«* <>"? ? wgjgy* to* Biffe

'ofttn" -to compromiM; Wa'know we ought to have devotions.

but are In a hurry, to we settle for a glance st a few Scripture verses. We ought to attend a Bible Study or Prayer meeting. We ought to witness to a friend about Christ. We ought to ba teaching our chßdreh th» Bible. . And on and on It goes. Compromise always ki"a” downward . <tKtion. W? settie for the <.' good instead of the best. No one fat ever better, or i or’ wiser, or more - spiritual as a result of compromise, in Exodus we rißd.tiwt Moses and Aaron, at God • command had demanded. In God's nfirno, w < j",..s>g.'- t yghßiye' worsHppMß Pharaoh's

prmfictiM •’•fufrt of tiik requMt tod to th* Lord * sanding 10 ptopua* on lh» Egyptians, to th» cpufH of which the king propoeed four compromises to Mose* and Aaron's request. Unlike many believers since thair time, the brothers refused any compromise with ftdl obedience to God’s order. The plagues began a day Pharaoh, aqd the Ifth - last plague prohaMy wma 3 to * wgeks toter. Jbto eertos of ptosuee to dMH aboge 40 year* before th* toi of Jericho, or I<RO R-C. In th* course pf #l*eo plague*

Btsarooh trtod '4 time* to "mrtt* ■ d*el" with God * p*opl«, auggnting that th* Jat-Mtih** a«ttl* for aojnaming toea than complata ob*cHanca to God’a command 1h« th|Y go Into th* f vyqffhlp Pharaoh wa* trying to ooenprontia* that' th* qovarrtgri Lord of th* wtivya* e*nnot by ao propoaMooad. Tboa* who try to compromfo* with Him Invariably auffar dir* eon* saquancaa. God forgive* ato that to confaeaad, but H* do** not compHWuiß® withoviL