Compromise

This quotation had been true to one of the church reformers Ulrich Zwingli.  Compromise was the word that come up in my mind when I learned that Zwingli, Ulrich had Felix Manz drown because of their conflicting view about baptism. Because he did not want to go against the church or the council who were supporting him but at first Manz and him both agreed and believed that baptism should not be done to infants because they could not decide for themselves yet. Because baptism was a symbol of faith and giving oneself to the Lord. But later on, Zwingli allowed infant baptism not as a way of salvation but just like the Jewish circumcision. It is not that I am against Zwingli but I am seeing what he had done as a compromise to his faith because he believed that infant baptism wasn’t supported by the scriptures yet he approved it.

Zwingli’s action is not impossible to happen to us as well. There would be times that we have to turn our head away or close our eyes to the things that would be against our belief. Perhaps we could just do the same as he did, when we want to win something, and we can until we have to take it with eyes close. Compromise is ok at times but not fine when it comes to setting aside what we believe. Going with the flow is much easier than going against it and they say bend a little it's healthy. But allow me to borrow from a quotation below....

So, let us not compromise when we know that what we believe is the Truth. Because the truth always prevail as the Word of God said it, "truthful words stand the test of time, but lies are soon exposed" (Proverbs 12:19, NLT).