GOING ALL THE WAY
Ps. 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
When God met Moses on Mount Sinai He gave him the awesome call to go back to Egypt and deliver His people. He gave Moses His word with power and demonstration to face Pharaoh and all the power of Egypt. But Pharaoh wasn’t all too eager to listen to Moses, so he tried to make compromises with the children of Israel so that they would not fully obey the word of God. (Ex. 5:1-2)
This is a perfect picture of what the devil tries to do in the life of believers. He wants us to be half hearted about our salvation and to make little compromises that lead to big disobedience. But like Moses we must respond with a strong resolution to fully obey God’s word.
Pharaoh gave Moses 3 compromises;
1. Make your sacrifices in Egypt – Ex. 8:25
But Moses said, “Our sacrifices to God are hated by the Egyptians, and if we do this right here before their eyes, they will kill us.”
The principle: The world doesn’t understand our worship and even despises our narrow minded views of Holiness. It’s clear that the worship of the church should be totally different then the worship of the world, but all too often christians compromise in their worship and then wonder why the world won’t listen to them. We are called to worship God in spirit and in truth, but unless you are redeemed by the blood of Jesus, you will not understand the worship and therefore hate it.
2. Sacrifice in the wilderness, but don’t go very far and ask God to remove the swarm of flies from Eygpt – Ex. 8:26
Moses said he would ask God to remove the swarm of flies but later on realized that his act of kindness was a mistake.
The principle: You have to fully obey the Lord and completely do His will. There’s no such thing as “half saved” or “sort-a” translated into His kingdom. It is complete obedience that leads to a complete work. The devil doesn’t want people to become too committed to the Lord, too zealous about purity, too serious in the call of God. But that’s what following Jesus is – complete repentance, conversion, and worship.
There cannot be any strings attached to the world. (I’m not talking about making friends with people to win them to Christ) God told Israel “come out from among them and be ye separate…and then I will recieve you…” There must be a separation from the world and concecration to Jesus, period. – A little compromise will spoil the whole sacrifice.
You can’t make the least compromise with the devilbecause, COMPROMISE IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE DEVIL! There must be an absolute, no compromise, sold out, complete walk with the Lord. David said this about Jesus “there fore He was anointed above His fellows because He loved righteousness and hated iniquity.”
Proverbs 10:10 Winking at sin leads to sorrow; bold reproof leads to peace.
3. Keep your livestock in Egypt – Ex. 10:24
But Moses said, “we must take our flocks and herds for sacrifices and burnt offerings to Jehovah our God.”
The principle: We don’t look to the world for our provision and source of life. In fact, christians are to be leaders and not followers. Jesus said, “Where your treasure is their will your heart be also”. Our affections are on things above not on the things of the earth.
Again, the theme of this account was to thoroughly obey God and be completely separated to Him. This attitude must lie in the hearts of God’s people even to this day as it was in Moses. Remember; God doen’t conform His nature to the devil and the world, neither should we.
Proverbs 15:24 (TLB) The road of the godly leads upward, leaving hell behind.
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