INCORRUPTIBLE CHRISTIAN IN A CORRUPT SOCIETY: Gen.6:11-13. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Ps.14:1-4. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. The world, in which we live in, is corrupt and dirty. Almost every segments of society are corrupt. Even some good things like school system, marriage, dressing, music, religion, business, etc have been corrupted by the sinners and corrupt men and women who do not have the fear of God. And things are not going to get better but it will get worse according the scripture. 2Timothy.3:13-14. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse; deceiving and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of knowing of whom thou hast learned them. So as children of God we can make a difference by taking an uncompromising stand for the truth and righteousness. Like Enoch, Noah, Daniel and his friends, Joseph, Josiah, Deborah, Ruth, Isaiah, etc stood uncompromisingly for the truth and righteousness and the Lord stood with them. We too today can stand for the truth no matter how corrupt the society may be. EXHORTATION TO STAND UNCOMPROMISING IN A CORRUPT SOCIETY: Pro.1:10; Philip.2:14-16; 2Timothy.3:12-14; Exodus.23:2; Pro.14:7; Pro.23:20-21, 23; 2Thess.3:6; 1Timothy.6:3-5; 2Cor.6:14-18. The Lord is calling and encouraging every true child of God to an uncompromising life. Temptation will come to you to compromise but you learn how to say no and keep on saying no to evil. Joseph said no to sin and compromise and he kept on saying no and the Lord was with him. Daniel and his friend said no to compromise and they kept on saying no, that is why they overcame. If we are going to overcome and retain the presence of the Lord with us we must learn how to say no to evil and keep on saying no to evil and the Lord will be with us. The problem today with many “children of God” is that they want to please the world and therefore they follow the multitudes in their evil. EXAMPLES OF UNCOMPROMISING CHRISTIANS IN A CORRUPT SOCIETY: Gen.5:22-24. Gen.7:1; Gen.39:7-12; Daniel.1:8; Daniel.3:13-18; Daniel.6:1-10; Jer.35:5-6; 2Chro.34:1-3. We see the example of Enoch, Noah, Joseph, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, the children of Rechabite, etc all stood uncompromisingly against corrupt in their day. Apart from these, many other children of God in the bible were examples unto us as they were uncompromising in their day despite opposition and persecutions. They stood for the Lord and for the truth and the Lord stood with them. When we stand for God uncompromisingly in a corrupt society He too will stand for us. My prayer is that the Lord will give you and me the grace and the strength to stand for Him, you will stand. EXCEPTIONAL POWER FOR THE UNCOMPROMISING CHRISTIAN IN A CORRUPT SOCIETY: Daniel.11:32; Luke.10:19; Isaiah.40:28-31; Eph.3:20-21. The Lord gives exceptional power to the Christian who stands uncompromisingly for Him. He gives them (1) power for progress. (2) The power for prominence. (3) The power in prayer. (4) The power of His presence. (5) The power of preservation. (6) The power of promotion. (7) The power His partnership. (8) The power of His provision. (9) The power over the devils. (10) The power for success. Ps.91:14-16. DARE TO STAND LIKE DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS IN BABYLON AND LIKE JOSEPH IN EGYPT
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