Greetings, Grace and Blessings to you -- all in the name of Jesus! 

Introduction to The Word:  

This is the beginning of the message I preached on January 16, 2011; after not having preached since mid-October, 2010!

  Complacency through Compromise or Committed to Christ?

 Definition of COMPLACENCY

1:  self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies  

2:  an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-satisfaction  

Definition of COMPROMISE

1 a:  settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions    

b:  something intermediate between or blending qualities of two different things  

2:  a concession to something derogatory or prejudicial <a compromise of principles> Definition of COMMITTransitive verb 1 a :  to put into charge or trust : entrust   

b :  to place in a prison or mental institution   

c : to consign or record for preservation <commit it to memory>   

d : to put into a place for disposal or safekeeping   

e : to refer (as a legislative bill) to a committee for consideration and report 

2:  to carry into action deliberately : perpetrate <commit a crime>  

3 a:  obligate, bind <a contract committing the company to complete the project on time>   

b : to pledge or assign to some particular course or use <commit all troops to the attack>  

c : to reveal the views of <refused to commit himself on the issue>  

Origin of CHRIST

Middle English Crist, from Old English, from Latin Christus, from Greek Christos, literally, anointed, from chriein

Definition of CHRIST

1:  messiah

Definition of MESSIAH

1 capitalized a :  the expected king and deliverer of the Jews

 b :  jesus 1  

2:  a professed or accepted leader of some hope or cause — mes·si·ah·ship 

2:  jesus

Definition of JESUS

The Jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as reported by the Evangelists are the basis of the Christian message of salvation —called also Jesus Christ

Origin of JESUS

Late Latin, from Greek Içsous, from Hebrew Yçshûaʽ  

Complacency

Isaiah 32⁹ Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech.  ¹⁰ In a year and some days You will be troubled, you complacent women; For the vintage will fail, The gathering will not come.

¹¹Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists.¹² People shall mourn upon their breasts For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.¹³ On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city; ¹⁴ Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted.  The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks —  

¹⁵ Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest. 

Compromise 

Proverbs 25⁸ Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame?  ⁹ Debate your case with your neighbor, And do not disclose the secret to another; ¹⁰ Lest he who hears it expose your shame, And your reputation be ruined.  

Matthew 5²⁵ Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.²⁶ Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.

 Luke 12⁵⁸ When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

⁵⁹ I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”

 Let's all be busy about our Father's Business -- Soul winning, teaching, equipping and sending back out to get more souls!!!!! 

Again, we appreciate and thank you for your prayers and financial support.

Together with God we are making a difference.

Reverends Ken & Carol Parent

P.S.  MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A PROSPEROUS YEAR IN THE LORD