10/03/2023
No compromise! The Word of God is exactly what He is: TRUTH! It is absolute because there is no shadow of turning with Him, the One who is NEVER capricious. Yes, He loves us; in fact, He loves the whole world. However, He still requires everyone to believe in Him and live like His Word is true. To the only wise God be glory, majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever!
I WROTE THE FOLLOWING in my book No Room for Compromise several years ago. It is being fulfilled right before our eyes. Please take a moment to read the following excerpt: 👇
It is no secret that the spiritual environment in the world is undergoing a radical change. The winds of change are blowing, separating the wheat from the chaff. Even identifying who is “wheat” and who is “chaff” can become a point of contention, depending on the group to which one belongs. Unfortunately, what we currently see and feel is only the beginning of the rift that is developing within the Church world. Unless a major revival occurs, this rift will only grow deeper and wider. If repentance doesn’t melt the hearts of people throughout the Church world, it will eventually seem like there are three churches:
• A Church that holds fast to the truth and faces the brunt of opposition because it refuses to bend.
• A Church in the middle trying to “ride the fence” through accommodation or compromise in order to avoid persecution and societal rejection (see Revelation 2:12-17).
• A lukewarm,“Laodicean-like” Church that has allowed compromise to run its full course, stripping it completely of the power of God and leaving Jesus standing on the outside (see Revelation 3:14-22).
It is not too late for the Body of Christ to make a full recovery. In fact, it is never too late as long as there are believers who are willing to hear and hearken to what the Spirit is saying to the Church. However, for the Church to receive the divine power it needs for correction, change, and restoration, it must undergo a transformation from the highest to its lowest levels. The Holy Spirit is prophetically warning His people that the only way they can thwart this impending dark spiritual season is to heed Christ’s warning and apply His prescribed solutions found in His Word.
The Cross is always the path for believers who have decided to walk the straight path with Jesus. The Cross is never enjoyable, but it always results in resurrection. Therefore, believers today must be willing to face the Cross and believe for resurrection power to flow through them — even if it means they have to suffer the brunt of a changing society that has no tolerance for people with fixed moral absolutes. If the Church has no fixed, non-negotiable biblical truths to stand on, it will simply become a spiritually weak humanitarian organization with a “Christian” philosophy that lacks the power of God.
Now we are approaching the end of this age in an educated, highly sophisticated, and technological world, and more and more, society has no stomach for spiritual or moral absolutes. In fact, the public reaction to moral proclamations is often so adverse that many pastors today are hesitant to take strong positions on issues of morality, even though these truths are clearly stated in the Word of God. Rather than answer difficult moral questions, they dodge the questions and skirt around the issues in an attempt to avoid conflict.
We must determine to hold fast to truth and not be swayed by the seductive spirit that is so prevalent in our times.
– Rick Renner
