Bible Reading: Joshua 16
Key Verse: Verse 10 – “And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this
day, and serve under tribute.”
Key Words: And they drave not out the
Canaanites
Believers must realize that
they cannot compromise with evil. The
tribe of Ephraim failed to understand that and suffered greatly because of it
(Judges 1).
When you compromise with evil, you
weaken yourself greatly. The Boy Scouts
of America understood this truth. In
1992 the Boy Scouts were under fire in California. The Berkeley,
California, schools closed their
doors to the Boy Scouts because they refused to admit homosexuals and
atheists. A judge in Santa Ana, California,
ordered Cub Scout Pack 519 to re-admit atheist twins. The two boys were ousted when they refused to
say “God” during their pledge. All
across California
people began to pull their financial support for the Scouts. In San
Francisco alone $849,000 was withdrawn from support of
the Scouts because of their exclusion of homosexuals.
Blake Lewis, spokesperson for the
Boy Scouts, said, “Mainstream families want moral values for their youth.” He went on to explain that there is no chance
that the Boy Scouts will change its policy no matter how much financial support
they lose. He closed by saying, “Our
values are not for sale.” Because they
took a strong stand, people from every corner of the United States began to send in
money and, as a result of their stand, the Boy Scouts were much better off
financially in the end because they would not compromise.
We must, as believers, come to the place where we
understand compromising doesn’t pay.
Stay the course, do right. The
psalmist David said, “I have been young,
and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed
begging bread.”
What to do:
✞
Do right, always, every time.
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