The Temptation to Settle for Less Numbers 23: 25, 26

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1) The enemy will bargain for a portion of his way if he can't get his way. V.25

(Balak said unto Balaam, .•. ) 

2) In serving the Lord the temptation will be brought to compromise what God has said. 

(Balak said unto Balaam, ••• ) 

3) The argument of concession for one serving the Lord is a pathway of compromising 

truth. 

(Balak said unto Balaam, •.• ) 

4) The temptation to have compassion on evil is not a work of truth. 

(Balak said unto Balaam, ••• ) 

Have compassion toward the lost but don't agree with their deeds. 

5) Compromise takes away strength from the witness of God's word in our lives. V.25

(Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all) 

6) The servant of the Lord must hold his ground and be true to God's word. v.26

(But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, 

all that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?) 

7) Contending for God's revealed will gains the reward of Godly treasure; therein is no lack. 

v.26 (All that the Lord speaketh, that I I must do!)