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Stop it! Stop straddling the fence! What’s the matter with you? You’re much better than that! As a Christian, compromise is one of the worst things you can do, because what it really is, is you’re trading in you’re God-inspired life for something that is watered down, and doesn’t help people to much. Outsider – that is to say, those who aren’t Christians scrutinize our lives, and everytime we trip and do something wrong, they are often standing right there saying, ‘Aha! You’re really not the Christian you say to be.’ And that alone, or the many lapses they see in your life is enough for them to fold their arms and say, ‘Christians are just like us, why should we convert and pretend as well.’ And countless Christians make God look bad. If we are his children, then we should act like it and stop being the actors that we are sometimes (or often).

Often we’ve blamed the problems we have on the antagonists (and they have done many countless sins to us Christians), but sometimes the problem is us! We either help the problem or start it. For example: Our planet is polluted – air and water. Both are polluted as a result of the gas we burn into the atmosphere. Well, how did we help pollute it? Easy to answer – we, like everyone else drives a vehicle that runs on gas. We use cleaning chemicals we aren’t suppose to – it poisons the things in our houses. Yet this goes against God origional plan. And when something goes wrong on the earth, we have a bad habbit of pointing an accusing finger at God saying, ‘You did this!’ But many of us seem to forget what Jesus himself said, “Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven” (Matthew 16:19) KJV. Basically, he’s saying that God allows what we allow, and God doesn’t allow what we don’t allow. But if you’re still insisting on accusing God for the problems we made, then think of this: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth… And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good” (Genesis 1:1, 31) KJV. God originally intended and made everything good, and if you read Jeremiah 29:11, God himself promises posterity - a hope for you. He is not out to do you harm.

The next issue would be, ‘How do we cause the problem?’ I’ll tell you. Christians believe in many different things. Things as great as politics, to smaller things such as which Bible versions are really correct, or what does the Bible really say (our different interpretations), or even something as insignificant as what God looks like. Yes, I do understand that sometimes perhaps we should get into these conversations, but be sure to stop before it turns into an argument. “Don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights. (The servants) of the Lord must not quarrel…” (2 Timothy 2:23-24). Another issue is jealousy – being jealous of another Christian because of the way they look, or who they married, or what talents God has blessed them with. And thus all of our nit-picky opinions and attitudes chase people away, or turn new converts away, or else creates even more division in the church than now. This reminds me of the time when the disciples asked Jesus ‘who is the greatest in God’s kingdom.’ This was a stupid and selfish question. Who cares if you’re the greatest or not; just as long as you make it in. And not just make it in, but bust the gates of heaven wide open because of the life you’ve lived – a life uncompromised. Jesus knew this question was bogus so he had to call a little child to over just to say “Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3) KJV. Bluntly, Jesus is telling us that if we put aside our differences, our scholarship, our pride, our jealousy, and whatever else, and become simple as little children (putting aside all the ‘fluff’ and return to the basics of our faith). We should start at the beginning of it all – the story and passion of Jesus, and how he died for our sins. Then work from there. Instead of wasting our time arguing, we could be spending our time toward contributing to society, playing an active role in the nation and its politics, winning more people for God, feeding the starving, helping the persecuted Christians all over the world, proclaiming the Gospel to the groups of people who’ve not yet heard, and many other things. The above we should do instead of twiddling our thumbs and debating, and holding on to our pride. Let us not be only content with the members in the church, or our children whom are being raised in the Lord, but let’s continue to go out into the field constantly, for, “the harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few” (Matthew 9:37) KJV. And again, “Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal” (John 4:35-36) KJV. Truly be what you sing to him on Sunday (or whatever day you worship). Truly be the earthen vessel that God can use. Don’t bail out on God – don’t compromise! (Read James 1:6-8).