"There is a difference between contextualization and compromise. Using goat's milk for communion in a culture is contextualization; sacrificing the goat is compromise. Having Saturday night services because we have run out of room in all four Sunday services is contextualization; having a Saturday night service to accomodate and/or appease people who are "too busy" on Sunday is compromise."
If you are contexualizing, that's great! This means that you are empathizing and accommodating others without compromising the gospel. This is exactly what Paul tells us to do in Romans 14:13,
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
If you are compromising, that's bad. Essentially, you are stealing from God what He deserves. That is, namely, your all and everything. When you put your wants and your needs before God, then you steal from God by denying Him; as Proverbs 3:30 says,
How do you compromise with the living God? Do you ask him to meet you half way? When you say, "I want my non-Christian girlfriend/boyfriend before you work your sovereign grace on her/him", are you not putting yourself first?
Do not compromise your faith.
Don't do it for my sake, though I hope that this causes you to move and take action. Do it for the glory of God.
If you are compromising, that's bad. Essentially, you are stealing from God what He deserves. That is, namely, your all and everything. When you put your wants and your needs before God, then you steal from God by denying Him; as Proverbs 3:30 says,
lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.
How do you compromise with the living God? Do you ask him to meet you half way? When you say, "I want my non-Christian girlfriend/boyfriend before you work your sovereign grace on her/him", are you not putting yourself first?
Do not compromise your faith.
Don't do it for my sake, though I hope that this causes you to move and take action. Do it for the glory of God.
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