Day3 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 “For God’s call on our lives is not to a life of compromise and perversion but to a life surrounded in holiness. Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction isn’t rejecting human authority but God himself, who gives us his precious gift—his Spirit of holiness.” 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 TPT https://bible.com/bible/1849/1th.4.7-8.TPT Cross references Leviticus 11:44; 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Luke 10:16 1 John 3:24 Compromise What the Bible says about Compromise (From Forerunner Commentary) Victim of Compromise Wise Solomon fell victim to the same temptation that the rest of us so often face: to compromise in what we think are small concerns or the "gray" areas. The danger in such reasoning is that small compromises weaken character and over time, lead to major sins. Just as we can grow in character little by little, so we can backslide in the same manner. Solomon, having learned the hard way, writes, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" (Proverbs 14:12). Satan begins making his inroads in our lives when he influences us to compromise on God's law and follow our own way. Once we compromise, the process of sin has begun, and its ultimate end is death (see James 1:14-16). The time to stop the process is in the beginning, when the situation and the pulls are still small and simple. It is the little compromises—the ones we think are so meaningless—that grow into full-blown sin and apostasy. Nip sin in the bud! And the enduring consequences of compromise will never have a chance to bloom. I copied parts of the above article, but I encourage you to take the time read it in full. It is very interesting and to the point that Paul is making in today’s verse.
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