Compromise = Stealth bomber; Godliness & contentment = Wealth
Leviticus 17-19 / 1Timothy 4-6
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OT
18:1-5 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say this to your people, the Israelites: I, the LORD, am your God. So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life. You must obey all my regulations and be careful to keep my laws, for I, the LORD, am your God. If you obey my laws and regulations, you will find life through them. I am the LORD.”
NT
6:6-10 Yet true religion with contentment is great wealth. After all, we didn’t bring anything with us when we came into the world, and we certainly cannot carry anything with us when we die. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
OT Flash Points
Guilty of bloodshed – a capital offense
Beware of the creeping disease of compromise
NT Flash Points
Guard what has been given to you
Don’t allow your flesh to take you on the hunt to satisfy its appetites
Perspective
What we would consider “good” may be the worst enemy of the best that God wants
Be a Berean, always check your Bible (actual translation from original) before following any teaching or cause
And remember, if you are not willing to be personally offended by Jesus and the truth of the Gospel, don’t bother to call yourself a child of God
The “new gospel” avoids everything the Cross of Jesus is about
If you can’t see the call to repentance in the message, if it says the power of saving yourself is in your own hands, remember the lie that Adam & Eve fell for in the Garden
It is always the same, just dressed in your current infatuation, especially if that infatuation is “spirituality”