COMPROMISE

COMPROMISE I. ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE? A. HOW ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BIBLICAL CONVICTIONS? B. BREAKING THE LAW OR BEING TRUTHFUL? II. THE ORIGINAL SIN STARTED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WITH A COMPROMISE. A. GOD PRESENTED HIS COMMAND IN AN UNCOMPROMISING WAY, TO KEEP THEM FROM DEATH. B. GENESIS 3:1-6a III. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COMPROMISE OUR CONVICTIONS? A. WEBSTER’S “COMPROMISE”- “TO FIND OR FOLLOW A WAY BETWEEN EXTREMES.” B. JESUS WAS A MAN OF CONVICTION, UNCOMPROMISING WHEN IT CAME TO TRUTH! C. JESUS WAS CONSTANTLY INSTRUCTING HIS DISCIPLES: “I TELL YOU THE TRUTH!” IV. JESUS’ FOCUS ON THE TRUTH WAS BECAUSE HE SAID: “I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.” A. HEBREWS 2:1 B. BEST WAY TO PREVENT DRIFTING AWAY IS BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A SET OF CONVICTIONS. C. WE TEND TO BECOME DISTRACTED. D. HEBREWS 10:25 V. TAKING OUR EYES OFF JESUS, TEMPTS AND DISTRACTS US. A. HEBREWS 12:2-3 B. GROWING WEARY IS A TEMPTATION. C. MARK 14:38 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5-6 JOHN 16:33c MARK 8:34b D. HAVE YOU COMPROMISED YOUR CONVICTIONS?