Results of Religious Compromise

2 Chronicles 19:2…Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. "Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?" he asked the king. "Because of what you have done, the Lord is very angry with you.…Jehoshaphat was a godly king of Judah who faithfully served the Lord, but he made the tragic mistake of forming an alliance with ungodly king Ahab of Israel in fighting against their common enemy Syria. After all, he reasoned, they were “brothers,” both descended from Abraham, so they could join together in battling the Syrians.

As a result, although God continued to bless Jehoshaphat during his lifetime, this compromise eventually resulted in great tragedy in his family when his son and successor, Jehoram, married Ahab’s wicked daughter, Athaliah, and then slew all his own brothers, and soon he himself died of a loathsome disease…2 Chronicles 21:4, 6, 19…But when Jehoram had become solidly established as king, he killed all his brothers and some of the other leaders of Judah├ö├ç┬¬├ö├ç┬¬├ö├ç┬¬But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab's daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the Lord's sight├ö├ç┬¬├ö├ç┬¬├ö├ç┬¬.The disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of two years it caused his bowels to come out, and he died in agony. His people did not build a great funeral fire to honor him as they had done for his ancestors.……The road of compromise eventually ends in a precipice, especially in matters regarding the integrity of God’s word and His saving gospel. The timeless principle for Christians today is given in:…2 Corinthians 6:14-15…Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?15 What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil (Greek Beliar various other manuscripts render this proper name of the devil as Belian, Beliab, or Belial.)? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?…This warning and command is at least as greatly needed today as it was in Paul’s day. Spiritual, moral, and religious compromise seem to be endemic in the Christian realm today, in both doctrine and practice, and God would warn us that tragedy is imminent in the generation of our children, if not before. …2 Corinthians 6:17…Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.Don't touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you. (Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version). )