The Slippery Slope of Compromise

We’ve all seen it. Unfortunately, it is all too common. Folks who begin well in the faith but who stumble and fall away from the church. The falling away, most often, is the result of a gradual drifting. It is the result of a slow erosion of their commitment. It began innocently enough. Something needed to be done. There was somewhere they wanted to go – something they wanted to do – it wouldn’t hurt to miss this once. Before long there is more and more to do. And it is less and less difficult to ignore their spiritual duty…Once they quit meeting with the people of God – the things of God were less and less important to them. Oh, they still believe the truth. They still consider themselves in fellowship with God but the things of God are less and less binding upon them. Before long they allow things in their lives they would never have allowed before. Before long they find themselves in a “far country” and wonder how they got there…

This evening we consider a classic example of the subtle dangers of compromise…