The Way Of The Spirit VS. The Way Of The Flesh: Faithfulness vs. Compromise

11 Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. 12 Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten [e]minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’15 “And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16 Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ 18 And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’ 19 Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’20 “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. 21 For I feared you, because you are [f]an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. 23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’24 “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ 25 (But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) 26 ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.LUKE 19:11-26
vs11 "because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately "
vs12 "a certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return"
vs13 " so he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them 'do business till I come.' "
vs14 "but his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him saying: ' we will not have this man reign over us'"
en ho: "in which"; to do something in which it is consistent with it; because
vs15 "and so it was when he returned having received the kingdom...he called the servants to him..."
16 Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ 
Faithfulness: steadfast in affection or allegiance. Firm in adherence to promises or in observance of duty.
Steadfast: firmly fixed. Not subject to change. To be firm in belief and determination
Compromise: accept standards that are lower than desirable. A concession
1. Compromise happens when you have a distorted view
2. Compromise occurs when promise is questioned
3. Compromise occurs through redefining
4. Compromise occurs through impatience
5. Compromise costs. Faithfulness fulfills
Lamentations 3:22-23 "Because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Hebrews 10:36 "for you have need of endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. For yet in a little while, he who is coming will come and not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith, but if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who draw back to perdition(sin) but of