THEME: CHRISTIAN COMPROMISE (Sunday 14-06-2015 )

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Pastor Daniel Obidiegwu

Beloved, I pray for the grace to return to our first love, we must stop all compromises, it is a deadly sin that can lead to doom.

Text: Romans 12:2

Compromised Christian is the one that tries to serve God and the world at the same time. He searches for a middle ground to balance his allegiance to God and the world. The bible says that no one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other: or else he will hold to the one and despise the other Luke 16:13.

With this scripture in mind it follows that to live a compromised life as a believer is worse than unbelieving; for the unbelieving soul can today accept the free offer of salvation and be saved, but the compromised believer is on a dangerous road of self-deceit and doom.

The Bible gives us an example in Revelation 2 of such a compromised church: it was Pergamos, located in Pergamum, the capital of Asia Minor. Known for its rampant idolatry, Pergamum housed the altar of Zeus and was the center of Caesar worship. Idolatry, wickedness, and sexual immorality were commonplace. The sin of Pergamum was its toleration of evil, a sort of “IT DOESN’T MATTER GOD UNDERSTANDS” philosophy. 

Sadly, this is how most people want it today. They want to go to church, they certainly want to go to heaven, but they still want to live in sin. They want to party and sin and commit immorality, lie when necessary, cheat if they have to, steal if it suits them, and hate and get revenge when someone crosses them.

It is the idea of sinning to your heart's content, telling yourself God will understand. If you think you can sin to your heart's content without repercussions, and if you think you can go out and break the commandments of God over and over because you're an exception to the rule, then you are deceiving yourself.

Compromise begins with leaving your first love for Jesus Christ, which leads to compromise, which leads ultimately to immorality, idolatry, and other sins.

Show me a person who is not living in close fellowship with God and I will show you a person who is on the way to bigger problems. It is only a matter of time. The best antidote to the allurements and temptations of this world is a passionate love relationship with Jesus Christ.

If there is a breakdown in your relationship with God, it is only a matter of time until compromises start making their way into your life, until you start lowering your standards here and there. Keep your guard up. Stay close to Jesus, let the fire of the first love burn brightly, and you will be strong. I can't promise that you will be sin-free. But you will have the power and resolve you need to live a life that pleases God.
Beloved I reproduce the 50 signs of no compromise Christian as compiled by so4j.com to enable us to understand and copy good Christian virtues.

   50 SIGNS OF NO COMPROMISE CHRISTIAN.

• They Do NOT CONFORM to the Things of This World—Their #1 Goal Is To Be Like Jesus.
• They LOVE THE LORD their God with all their Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength.
• They Are SEPARATING Themselves from ALL Ungodliness And The Things Of This WORLD.
• They Are Walking Down the Narrow Road of God's HOLINESS—They Are God's Holy Remnant.
• They Do NOT WATCH WORLDLY (Lustful, Evil..): TV & Movies, Internet Pornography, Computer Games.
• They Do NOT LOOK UPON Worldly Magazines & Books From Celebrity Magazines To Pornography.
• They Do NOT COMPROMISE With the World By Listening To WORLDLY MUSIC— TRUE WORSHIPPERS.
• They Do NOT LOOK UP TO WORLDLY IDOLS Such As: Singers, Movie Stars, and Sports Figures.
• They Do NOT PARTNER UP WITH UNBELIEVERS and Those Who Compromise Their Walk with Jesus.
• They PURSUE PURE AND GODLY FRIENDSHIPS That Inspire Them to Be More Like Jesus.
• They Display Christ-likeness In Their THOUGHT-LIFE & ATTITUDES - A Beattitude Attitude.
• They Are HUMBLE and Have Child-like Faith.
• They REFUSE LUKEWARMNESS—Having "One Foot in GOD'S WORD, And One Foot in The WORLD".
• They Seek To Please the Lord through GOOD DEEDS & HAVING A SERVANT'S HEART.
• They Know That FINANCIAL GAIN DOES NOT MEAN GODLINESS.
• They SEEK FIRST God’s Kingdom, NOT Worldly Wealth & Possessions.
• They’d rather SUFFER & BE POOR & NOT Compromise with the World than Be Rich & Famous—Content.
• They Are GENEROUS & GIVERS Whether They Are Poor Or Have Much.
• They Are SURRENDERING ALL to Follow Jesus—They Are “Taking Up Their Cross Daily”.
• They’ve STOPPED PRACTICING SIN—and When They Do Sin There Is Deep Sorrow.
• They SPEAK OUT & WARN PEOPLE of God's Coming Judgments, and PREACH THE GOSPEL.
• They SUFFER PERSECUTION & BEATINGS for Standing Up For JESUS.
• They LOVE and DO GOOD To Fellow Christians.
• They OBEY GOD'S COMMANDMENTS, HIS WORD, and the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
• They Are DOERS of the Word, Not Merely HEARERS— Faith without WORKS is dead.
• They FEAR THE LORD and Turn Away From Evil.
• They Do NOT Seek the Approval of Man, but Seek Only To PLEASE THE LORD.
• They Are NOT HYPOCRITES—Giving God Mere Lip Service.
• Their WORDS & SPEECH Are ENCOURAGING, EDIFYING, AND WISE-NOT Corrupt.
• They PRAY FERVENT PRAYERS, and Pray Often With Fellow Believers.
• They STUDY & TEACH GOD'S WORD & HIS WAYS To Sinners & Believers—Making Disciples.
• They Are WINNING THEIR BATTLE AGAINST SIN & Keeping the FULL ARMOR OF GOD ON.
• They Are READY, WAITING, AND EAGERLY ANTICIPATING the Soon Return Of Jesus Christ.
• They LOVE GOD'S COMMANDMENTS & HIS WORD, Reading It Daily And Memorizing It.
• They Make Use of every OPPORTUNITY to do Good & Preach the Gospel - they're "Fire Snatchers".
• They PRODUCE MUCH FRUIT for Jesus— they're PRODUCTIVE with the GOSPEL & Are GODLY.
• They Are Co-Heirs with Christ: And Share the SUFFERINGS OF JESUS By "Crucifying Their Flesh".
• They Understand GOD'S ETERNAL PURPOSES For His HOLY PEOPLE Versus This Temporal Evil World.
• They Know They Are Merely Passing through This World, And Their REAL HOME Is With the Lord.
• They Do Everything for The GLORY OF GOD.
• They Do NOT BELIEVE FALSE TEACHINGS & Anything That Is CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD.
• They CLEARLY Understand the Gospel & CLEARLY PREACH God's Word With BOLDNESS.
• They Let Their LIGHT SHINE—Their FACE & LIFE EXUDES CHRIST.
• They Put NO CONFIDENCE IN THEIR FLESH - They Are Decreasing & Christ is increasing.
• They Have INTEGRITY, HARD WORK, & PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS— they do not Lie, Steal, Cheat.
• They Are Always VERY THANKFUL TO GOD for His— Kindness, Provisions, Protection, etc.
• They Are NOT Full of: SELFISH AMBITION, STRIFE, QUARRELING, JEALOUSY— But Are PEACEMAKERS.
• They Acknowledge & Obey GOD'S WILL for Their Lives.
• They Are NOT PREJUDICE— They Show NO PARTIALITY TO THE: RICH, POOR, SKIN COLOR, RACE, TRIBE etc.
• They do NOT allow the CARES & WORRIES of This Life to DOMINATE their MINDS & CONVERSATIONS.

Go in Peace thus says the LORD of HOST. SHALOM.