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4 PICS 1 WORD: NEVER COMPROMISE

Intro:
The foundation of a house tells you how big the house can get. You can’t
put a big house on a small or faulty foundation. It’ll collapse every time.
The height of the building is determined by how deep the foundation is.
The same is true for our lives. You can’t become what God wants you to
be on a faulty foundation.
How many of you here, nakaranas ka na ng kabiguan? Sino na ang mga
nabigo ditto? I believe all of us here once at least in our lifetime
nakaranas ng betrayal? Pagtaksilan?

Paano nga ba napagtataksilan ang isang tao? When you say betrayal o
pagtataksil, it is when people let you down.
Makakaranas ka na pagtaksilan kung ikaw ay nagbigay ng tiwala sa
kung kaninuman. We suffer betrayal simply because we trust. Kaya ka
napagtataksilan dahil nagtiwala ka.

Trust is very important. You cannot live without trust. Sino ditto na
kahit ilang beses ng nasaktan, nabigo at mapagtaksilan, nakukuha pa
ring magtiwala?
Reality check, hindi lahat ng nababasa mo tama, hindi lahat ng naririnig
mo tama. FB, Internet, media etc. minsan hindi trustworthy.
Now can you really trust the bible?
Psalm 119:86
All of your commands can be trusted.
Liars are hurting me. Help me!
We’re given a lot of different options for what will be the foundation of
our lives:

Popular culture. Some people think they’ll simply do what every other
person is doing. If it’s popular, that’s what they do, too. Yet what’s
popular today won’t be popular tomorrow. Basing your life on popular
culture is like building a house on a constantly moving foundation. It
doesn’t work!
Tradition. Other people build their lives on what has always been done
or how their parents did it. That does make a little sense. Tradition
becomes tradition because it works. But no tradition lasts forever. It
eventually wears out, becomes obsolete, and is invalid. In Mark 7:8 Jesus
tells the Pharisees never to put tradition before truth. It’s a good
reminder for all of us.
Reason. God gave us the ability to reason; we need to use it. But our
reason isn’t infallible. Proverbs 16:25 says, “There is a way that appears
to be right,but in the end it leads to death” (NIV). The smartest among
us will falter at times; it’s to be expected. Only God can be trusted all the
time.
Emotions. Some build their lives on a feeling. If it feels right, they do it.
But feelings lie — they lie all the time! You lie to yourself more than
anyone else. If you live by your feelings, you’ll spend your life
manipulated by your moods.
If it doesn’t work to build your life on popular culture, tradition, reason,
or emotion, what should you build your life upon? God’s Word.

Jesus says this in Matthew 7:24: “Therefore everyone who hears these
words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built
his house on the rock” (NIV).
Popular culture changes, traditions grow stale, reason can be faulty, and
emotions lie. Yet God’s Word never changes.

You may not always understand his Word. You may not always like it. It
won’t always be politically correct. But it’s the only thing stable enough
to build our lives upon.

Matthew 24:35
35 The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but the words I
have said will never be destroyed!
Words you will know a person:
John 10:10 International Children’s Bible (ICB)
10 A thief comes to steal and kill and destroy. But I came to give life—
life in all its fullness.

Jeremiah 29:11
11 I say this because I know what I have planned for you,” says the Lord.
“I have good plans for you. I don’t plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope
and a good future.
Compromise:
To compromise is to make concessions or accommodations for someone
who does not agree with a prevalent set of standards or rules.
an agreement that is achieved after everyone involved accepts less than
what they wanted at first, or the act of making this agreement.
Psalm 119:1-4
1 Happy are the people who live pure lives.
They follow the Lord’s teachings.
2 Happy are the people who keep his rules.
They ask him for help with their whole heart.
3 They don’t do what is wrong.
They follow his ways.
4 Lord, you gave your orders
to be followed completely.
But our standard always needs to be, “Is it biblical?” not, “Does it work?”
And by way of long-term results, Scripture is clear: Any compromise with
the world, whether in doctrine, morals, or relationships, has disastrous
consequences.
JEHOSHAPHAT
The story of Jehoshaphat is about a godly, good king with a major
weakness for compromise with the world. We learn that Compromise
with the world brings disastrous consequences to God’s people.
The outward damage may not be apparent for a while. But just as driving
your car on salted roads in the winter brings inevitable, although not
immediate, damage to your car, so compromise with the world brings
inevitable corruption into your life and into the church.

4 PICTURES from the story of Jehoshaphat:


1. DEALS even with the Strongest
Clearly Jehoshaphat was a godly man (note 2 Chron. 17:3-4, 6).
2 Chronicles 17:3-6
3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he did good things. He lived
as his father Asa did when he first became king. Jehoshaphat did not ask
for help from the Baal idols. 4 He asked for help from the God his father
had followed. He obeyed God’s commands. He did not live as the people
of Israel lived. 5 The Lord made Jehoshaphat a strong king over Judah.
All the people of Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat. So he had much
wealth and honor. 6 He wanted very much to obey the Lord. He also
removed the places for worshiping false gods and the Asherah idols from
Judah.
In chapter 20 we see his heart as the nation is threatened by a vast army,
and he calls the people to prayer and fasting. Jehoshaphat’s prayer before
the assembly (20:6-12) reveals his humble trust in the Lord.
18 Jehoshaphat bowed facedown on the ground. All the people of Judah
and Jerusalem bowed down before the Lord. And they worshiped him. 19
Then some Levites from the Kohathite and Korahite people stood up and
praised the Lord. They praised the God of Israel with very loud voices.
The point is, Jehoshaphat was not your average, run-of-the-mill believer.
He was a man of strong faith and open godliness who courageously
brought reform to the nation.

But here comes the compromise:


18 Jehoshaphat had much wealth and honor. He made an agreement
with King Ahab through marriage.
2 Chronicles 18
2 A few years later Jehoshaphat visited Ahab in Samaria. Ahab sacrificed
many sheep and cattle as a great feast to honor Jehoshaphat and the
people with him. He encouraged Jehoshaphat to attack Ramoth in
Gilead.
3 Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with
me to attack Ramoth in Gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered, “I will be with
you. And my soldiers will be like your own soldiers. We will join you in
the battle.”
But mabait eh…
4 Jehoshaphat also said to Ahab, “But first we should ask the Lord to
guide us.”
The point is, Jehoshaphat was not your average, run-of-the-mill believer.
He was a man of strong faith and open godliness who courageously
brought reform to the nation.
And if he suffered from the danger of compromising with the world, then
none of us is exempt.
I Corinthians 10:12
12 So anyone who thinks he is standing strong should be careful not to
fall.
Mag ingat.

5 So King Ahab called a meeting of the prophets. There were 400 men.
Ahab asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?
They answered, “Go, because God will let you defeat it.”
7 Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one other prophet. We
could ask the Lord through him. But I hate him. When he prophesies, he
never says anything good about me. He always says something bad. He
is Micaiah, Imlah’s son.” Jehoshaphat said, “King Ahab, you shouldn’t
say that.”
8 So King Ahab told one of his officers to bring Micaiah to him at once.
15 King Ahab said to Micaiah, “Tell me only the truth by the power of the
Lord. How many times do I have to tell you this?” 16 Then Micaiah
answered, “I saw the army of Israel. They were scattered over the hills
like sheep without a shepherd. The Lord said, ‘They have no leaders. Let
each one go home and not fight.’” 17 Then King Ahab of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, “I told you! This prophet never says anything good about
me. He only says bad things about me.” 18 But Micaiah continued to
speak. He said, “Hear the message from the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting
on his throne. His heavenly army was standing on his right and on his
left. 19 The Lord said, ‘Who will trick King Ahab of Israel into attacking
Ramoth in Gilead? Do this so he will go and be killed.’ The spirits did not
agree about what they should do. 20 Then a spirit came and stood before
the Lord. He said, ‘I will trick him.’ The Lord asked, ‘How will you do it?’
21 The spirit answered, ‘I will go to Ahab’s prophets. I will make them
tell lies.’ So the Lord said, ‘You will succeed in tricking him. Go and do
it.’”

22 Micaiah said, “Ahab, this has now happened. The Lord has caused
your prophets to lie to you. The Lord has decided that great trouble
should come to you.”

Why did Jehoshaphat and why do we fall into the problem of compromise
with the world?

2. Offers DECEITFUL OPTIONS


The first thing we read of Jehoshaphat (17:1-2) is how he strengthened
his position over Israel (Ahab’s northern kingdom). If Ahab had declared
war, Jehoshaphat would have beaten him!

But instead Ahab finagled to get his daughter married to Jehoshaphat’s


son. The next thing we hear is Jehoshaphat promising the godless Ahab,
“I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you
in the battle” (18:3)!
3 Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with
me to attack Ramoth in Gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered, “I will be with
you. And my soldiers will be like your own soldiers. We will join you in
the battle.”
Incredible! It’s as if a boxer has trained for the big fight and his opponent
invites him out for dinner and slips poison into his coffee.

That’s how Satan works. He’s not usually frontal; he’s tricky. He fools
you with ostensibly good causes and lures you into his den.
Why did Jehoshaphat get entangled with Ahab? Jehoshaphat was one of
the most godly kings ever to reign in Judah, and Ahab was one of the
most despicable snakes ever to coil on the throne of Israel. Why did they
get together?
The text doesn’t give much of a clue (18:1), but we can surmise that due
to Jehoshaphat’s power it was to Ahab’s advantage to become allies. So
Ahab probably sought the alliance. Remember, Jehoshaphat was a nice
guy. And he probably thought how good it would be to reunite the
southern and northern kingdoms. So he gave his son in marriage to
Ahab’s daughter. It was for a good cause! Maybe the boy would have a
positive influence on Athaliah and her mother, Jezebel! Sure!

A few years later, Jehoshaphat went down to Ahab’s capital, Samaria.


Ahab rolled out the red carpet. After they had gorged themselves on
Ahab’s food, the crafty varmint proposed a “spiritual” project to
Jehoshaphat: “Will you go up with me against Ramoth-Gilead?” (18:3).
Ramoth-Gilead was one of the cities of refuge ordained by God. It had
fallen into the hands of the king of Syria. What could be more right than
to go against this pagan king to recapture this city for the Lord and His
people? So Jehoshaphat pledged his allegiance to Ahab. It almost got him
killed!

That’s how Satan ensnares believers. He’s not honest about the
disastrous consequences of compromise with the world. He makes it look
good. He makes it seem wholesome and even right. Satan doesn’t
approach you, young ladies, and ask, “Would you like to marry this
drunken pagan bum who will abuse you and your children and make your
life a living hell?” Gusto mo bang pakasalan ang babaeng aswang na ito,
na may ugaling hayop, dugyot at walang takot sa Diyos? Ofcourse anong
sagot mo dun? Eh di Hindi!!!! Pero ganito siya mag offer “pogi iyon,
pagnadisciple yun, magbabago yun”, “hindi naman malalaman eh!”
He’s just what you’ve always wanted--well, with one little exception: He’s
not a committed Christian. But he attends church with you, and he’s
promised to let you raise the kids in the faith.
Ang ang Demonyo hindi iyan naglalakad na may hawak na malaking
tinidor, nakaclaydo pa yan. Lalaki ngayun maiksing shprts. “How would
you like to become a drunk or a dope addict? You’ll become a thief and a
liar to support your habit, you’ll ruin your health, you won’t be able to
hold down a job, you’ll shred your relationships with your family. Wanna
sign up?”
Instead he says, “Hey, you need to relax and feel good. You’re under a lot
of pressure. Your friends are all doing it. Don’t spoil the fun. Smoke a
joint, pop a pill, take that drink!” And he ensnares you.
He doesn’t come up and say, “How would you like to get venereal disease
or have a baby out of wedlock, or maybe kill one through abortion?” Or,
“How would you like to destroy two families by committing adultery?”
Rather, he says, “Sex is exciting! You’re in love! How can it be wrong if it
feels so right?”
That’s how even godly people get lured into compromise with the world--
through subtlety.
Genesis 3:1, 4-5
Now the snake was the most clever of all the wild animals the Lord God
had made. One day the snake spoke to the woman. He said, “Did God
really say that you must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden?”

Malalaman mong inaatake ka na ng demonyo sa tuwing magdududa ka


sa salita ng Diyos. Sa tuwing binabalewala mo. And then he gous to the
next step, he wants you to deny the word of God. Satan told Eve,

4 But the snake said to the woman, “You will not die.
Ano bang sabi ng Diyos? Sabi ng Diyos pwede mong kainin lahat ng
andoon, chico, balimbing, kamyas, lahat na pwede, except! Yung
pinagbabawal na fruit. Why? because we are moral beings, God could
have make us robots, but God gave us the power to choose. Lahat pwede,
except one. The day you eat it, mamamatay kayo.
5 God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree, you will learn about
good and evil. Then you will be like God!”

Ito ang paboritong kasinungalingan ng Demonyo, that God is selfish,


that God is not after your interest, that’s why God doesn’t want you to
eat because you are going to be like him therefore, he is depriving us of
what is due us. God is not good, kainin mo at magiging happy ka.

And that my friend, that temptation continues today. That God is not
really after your interest, that if you keep on obeying God, cocontrollin
ka lang ng Diyos, or cocontrollin ka lang ng pastor mo. Be free! Gawin
mo lahat ng gusto mo! Para maging happy ka because ayaw talaga ng
Diyos na maging happy ka! And my friend ang kaisipang iyan ang
lumalason sa atin.

I was tempted to say, that God is not really good. He could have aalowed
me to pass, pero hindi niya ginawa. And I realize that is a lie from Satan.
Satan will attack you thinking, and once you believe his lie you will be
under his control. No wonder, the Bible tells us, makikilala ninyo ang
katotohanan, at ang katotohanan ang magpapalaya sa inyo.

3. Compromise creates DESTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS


Notice how Jehoshaphat got sucked in deeper and deeper. First he gave
his son in marriage, probably for a good cause (to reunite the two
kingdoms). Next he accepted Ahab’s hospitality and foolishly gave his
word about going into battle. But at that point his conscience was
nagging him, and so he asked for a prophet so that they could inquire of
the Lord. But even after the godly Micaiah prophesied against Ahab’s
expedition, Jehoshaphat felt locked in--he had given his word. And so he
stood by while the godly prophet was hauled off to jail. His conscience
must have been shouting at this point, but he had given his word!

28 So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to Ramoth


in Gilead. 29 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will go into battle. But I
will wear other clothes so no one will know who I am. But you wear your
royal clothes.” So King Ahab of Israel wore other clothes and went into
battle.
31 When these commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought he was the
king of Israel. So they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat called out,
and the Lord helped him. God made the chariot commanders turn away
from Jehoshaphat. 32 When they saw he was not King Ahab, they
stopped chasing him.
he naively agreed to Ahab’s scheme where Jehoshaphat would wear his
kingly robes into battle, while Ahab went incognito.
Christians are generally trusting people. When they start running with
the world, they get outsmarted real quick! And so Jehoshaphat went into
battle with the godless Ahab against the word of God’s prophet. Except
for God’s grace he would have been killed!

We get lured by the subtlety of the world and then we get locked in by
forming wrong relationships that get us entangled even deeper.
Jehoshaphat’s experience reveals several areas where we as believers
must be on guard against forming wrong relationships:

(1) Wrong marriage relationships--


(2) Wrong social relationships--In this area you must be very careful. If
Jehoshaphat had not been there enjoying Ahab’s hospitality, he wouldn’t
have been so ready to join Ahab on his military expedition. It is not wrong
and is, in fact, right to form social relationships with unbelievers for the
purpose of leading them to faith in Christ. Jesus was a friend of sinners
in that sense. But you must be clear on your purpose, and you must not
compromise your standards as a follower of Jesus Christ. “Do not be
deceived,” Paul warns. “Bad company corrupts good morals” (1 Cor.
15:33).

(3) Wrong spiritual relationships--Jehoshaphat finds himself lined up


with 400 false prophets against the lone prophet of God. How do you
think Jehoshaphat felt as he watched this godly prophet boldly speak for
God and then get hit in the face and get thrown in prison while
Jehoshaphat marched off to battle on Ahab’s side?
(4) Wrong political relationships--Although our political system is not
parallel to the situation in the text, there is a warning here for us as
Christian citizens. As soon as Jehoshaphat entered into this military pact
with Ahab, he lost his position of strength. Now he was committed to go
into battle with a godless man who operated on different principles than
he did. He had to work under Ahab’s scheme in the battle. It almost cost
him his life.

4. Compromise with the world brings DEVASTATING RESULTS.


It may take time, but sin always has its consequences. Sometimes the
consequences affect future generations more than our own. But if you sow
compromise with the world, you won’t reap God’s blessings. Jehoshaphat
himself, apart from God’s grace, would have lost his life in battle. He later
did lose financially in his ungodly business alliance with Ahab’s son.
Ecclesiastes 8:11-13
11 Sometimes people are not punished right away for the bad things they
do. That makes other people want to do bad things, too. 12 A sinner might
do a hundred evil things. And he might live a long time. Even so, I know
it will be better for those who honor God. They fear him, and he sees it.
13 And I also know it will not go well for evil people. Their lives will be
like a brief shadow. They will not live very long.

The clincher of this story is the devastating effect that Jehoshaphat’s


compromise with the world had on his children, grandchildren, great-
grandchildren, and on the whole southern kingdom. In chapters 21 and
22 we read that after Jehoshaphat’s death, his son Jehoram (married to
Athaliah) slaughtered all his brothers and then turned the nation to
idolatry (see 21:6). God struck him with a terrible disease of the bowels
and he died after eight years in office. His son Ahaziah became king and
lasted one year before he was murdered (see 22:3-4). Ahaziah’s wicked
mother Athaliah then slew all his sons (her own grandsons!), except for
Joash (a one-year-old) who was rescued and hidden from her. The Davidic
kingly line from which Christ was descended came that close to being
snuffed out! And then the wicked Athaliah ruled the land for six years.
All this was the result of Jehoshaphat’s compromise with the wicked
Ahab!

Conclusion
if you forgotten your mission, it would be so easy for us to just stay
because of comfort to dwell in aplace that God did not want us to be.
Remember as Christians we are children of God, we should be set apart
from the world, huwag tayo gumaya sa mundo. Sa mundo, nagiismak
kiss sila, sa mundo PDA sila, sa mundo friends with benefits. You are
different! Hindi ka taga mundo!
Remember may point of no return. Nagsisimula yan sa hawak kamay,
next akbayan, magyayakapan, halikan, hanggang sa mapunta kayo sa
hindi niyo dapat puntahan.
Are you a man of compromise?
If so, how is currently hurting you and other people around you?
What will you do about it?
2. DON’T COMPROMISE YOUR LEADERSHIP CALL-

huwag mong igive up ang leadership call mo, huwag mong ibigay sa anak
mo, as a father you take the lead. Hindi pwedeng “tatay, gusting
maglamyerda, huwag kang makikialam”hindi pwede iyan!! You take the
leadership.

As Christians we are to take the lead! We should not allow the immorality
of this world to continue. Stand up as Christians! Let us declare that
should not be done.
Sakayan sa Jeep.
Bakit? Susunod ka lang ba dahil madali? O susunod ka dahil iyon ang
tama? Pagisipan niyo, yan ang sinasabi ng DIyos, huwag mong
kalimutan ang calling mo as leaders.
Sige papayag ako, paborn again ka muna pero attend ka CG, attend ka
srviceespecially sa 2pm. Nangyayari iyan!

Huwag ganun, ganyan ba kayong mga Christians, wala ba kayong


damdamin.

They use the word “Christians” , wag ka na paaapekto, si God na bahala


diyan, anong sabi ni God Be still and know I am your God.
May friend ako, namatay. May ex ako, kinasal na, ako? Masayang
masaya, kasama si God.

Hindi mo kailangang magsinungaling, sumunod ka kay God. Minsan


kasi ang kasiningalingan parang tama pero mali.

Don’t deceit, because that is not God’s tool. God’s tool, the truth.

Friend kaya minsan parang feeling mo ang layo ng Diyos o parang wala
ang Diyos sa sitwasyon natin, ang dami nating idols na dala-dala, these
are the things that we put before God that hinder us to be intimate with
God. Those are compromises that God wants us to give up before him.

Ikaw lang nakakaalamng mga komromisong binatawan mo, na


nalimutan mong Christian ka, about your leadership call, ways of this
world, forgotten the truth, anidols, God is asking you to give them up,
satisfy mo lang desires mo, parang layo ni God, God wants you
Ephesians 5
11 Do not do the things that people in darkness do. That brings nothing
good. But do good things to show that the things done in darkness are
wrong.
15 So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise.
Live wisely. 16 I mean that you should use every chance you have for
doing good, because these are evil times. 17 So do not be foolish with your
lives. But learn what the Lord wants you to do.
Matthew 4
4 Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2
Jesus ate nothing for 40 days and nights. After this, he was very hungry.
3 The devil came to Jesus to tempt him. The devil said, “If you are the
Son of God, tell these rocks to become bread.”

4 Jesus answered, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘A person does not live
only by eating bread. But a person lives by everything the Lord says.’
Psalm 1:1-4

Happy is the person who doesn’t listen to the wicked.


He doesn’t go where sinners go.
He doesn’t do what bad people do.
2 He loves the Lord’s teachings.
He thinks about those teachings day and night.
3 He is strong, like a tree planted by a river.
It produces fruit in season.
Its leaves don’t die.
Everything he does will succeed.

4 But wicked people are not like that.


They are like useless chaff
that the wind blows away.

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