Treasures of Truth

16 Compromise

Compromise

A Deception of the Believer

It is important to know the enemies

that the believer is up against

upon entering Canaan.

The Lord told the nation of Israel through Moses,

“When the Lord your God shall bring you

into the land where you are entering to possess it,

and shall clear away many nations before you…

and when the Lord your God shall deliver them before you,

and you shall utterly destroy them.

You shall make no covenant with them

and show no favor to them.” Deuteronomy 7:1-3

Brian Morgan in his message

“Clearing the Land”

shared these helpful insights:

“When the Israelites arrived in Canaan

they saw that the Canaanites had a culture

which far surpassed their own.

They were even more religious than the Israelites.

To make peace with the Canaanites, therefore,

would seem to be a natural thing.

To intermarry (or to compromise) with them

would result in gaining property rights (an inheritance)

without having to fight for it.

We are always tempted to take the easy way out,

by making peace

with what God has purposed to destroy

– the flesh.”

“For though we walk in the flesh,

we do not war according to the flesh.

For the weapons of our warfare

are not carnal

but mighty in God

for pulling down strongholds,

casting down arguments

and every high thing

that exalts itself against

the knowledge of God,

bringing every thought

into captivity

to the obedience

of Christ.”

II Corinthians 10:3-5

Strongholds

Strongholds are entrenched areas of our thinking

that have been heavily influenced by the world system,

the flesh, and the demonic realm.

This includes distortions, deceptions, amplification,

faulty ideas, erroneous thinking, lies,

imaginations, resentment and bitterness.

Weapons

Truth I Tim 3:15

Prayer Eph 6:18

Purity Phil 4:8

Peace Phil 4:7

Genuine love II Cor 6:6

Forgiveness Matt 18:21-35

Endurance James 1:4

Faithfulness Rev 2:10

Joy James 1:2

“We must learn to recognize

how these dark systems of the devil work,

but more than that,

we must learn

the processes of overcoming them

– not by flesh and blood…

Paul says the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

not fleshly,

they are not of the body.

Our weapons are mighty,

through God,

unto the pulling down of strongholds

and bringing into captivity

every thought

(Ah! This is the arena. It is the realm of thoughts, it is the realm of ideas)…

bringing into captivity every thought

to the obedience of Christ.

That is victory!” Spiritual Warfare by Ray Stedman