Let's Make A Deal

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> Let's make a deal
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> It's in our nature that we like to make deals. We like to negotiate.
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> Sometimes we think we can bring our negotiation into our spiritual life. We think that we can compromise our convictions or the truth. We cannot negotiate with God.
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> 1 Kings 2:2-5; 3:1-10
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> Salmon compromises and makes a treaty with the king of Egypt. With his borders secure and Egypt no longer a threat in his mind he makes this compromise.
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> How often do I compromise my convictions with the intent of taking a short cut with good intentions but yet negotiating with sin.
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> A deal with sin will always one acknowledge haunts.
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> 1 Kings 7:7-8
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> Solomon is in deep. He has to keep his alliance with Egypt. Not making his Egyptian wife a priority meant risking his relationship with Egypt.
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> How quickly does one compromise sends us down the wrong path to the point that we wake up and find ourselves completely off course.
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> Sin wants more and more until it has everything!
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> 1 Kings 11:1-11
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> The little deal he made years ago is killing Solomon now! The little compromise that he made with good intentions is the thing that is tearing him away from God!
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> Solomon's life ends in ruin because of that one decision!
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> 1 Kings 11:14-18; 40
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> Egypt is the one who helps raise up a man against Solomon and Israel....leading eventually to Jeroboam who split the kingdom of Israel in two! Sin does not stop until it has everything. What we believe is a small negotiation becomes a bigger and bigger consuming compromise until it becomes the end of us!
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> In every measurable way David was the greater sinner than his son Solomon. David committed murder, adultery...etc. The difference is that David stayed close to God and repented by changing his actions, by cutting off those compromises and realigning himself with God.