Compromise

                “Compromise” is not a word that is found in your Bible. According to the dictionary “compromise” means: a settlement of a dispute in which each concedes. To a Christian compromise is unacceptable because you must concede or sacrifice the principles of God. In this passage we see four compromises offered by Pharaoh the ruler of Egypt, a type of Satan the ruler of this world.

 

Gods command was clear: [Ex.5:3] “Let us go, we pray thee, three days journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God”

 

[Ex.8:25] Sacrifice in the Land        (Sought to keep Israel in the Land)

              FEEL GOOD – CHRISTIAN

• Partial fulfillment of God’s will
• Go to church and back home to serve the devil  (168/hours in a week-1=167 for Satan)
• Today’s church, feels good No separation from the world

 

[Ex.8:28] Go not very far     (Sought to keep Israel near the land)

             BORDER LINE – CHRISTIAN

• Stay as near as possible to the world and sin
• Keep one foot in each
• Boy that fell out of bed explained it this way; I stayed too near where I got in.
• Burn the bridges!  [Rom.13:14] make no provision for the flesh

 

[Ex.10:8-11] Let only the men go    (Sought to divide Israel)

              DIVIDED HOUSE – CHRISTIAN

• God’s family unit divided or a “house divided” [Matt.12:25]
• Example of TV, movies and modesty at church but not everywhere else
• [1 Cor.11:3] Wrong order in the family, divides the house

 

[Ex.10:24-27] let the people go  but not the cattle    (Sought to send them empty handed without the ability to serve the Lord)

              HARD HEARTED – CHRISTIAN

• [Matt.6:21]  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
• The world wants your cattle, God owns them all [Ps.50:10]