When all is said and done beloved, the best we can say to you is this, don't compromise,

and let God take your life and do with it as He pleases.

And may it be ten times greater than the life of anyone in this world.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Defying the Holy Roman Emperor and facing the threat of excommunication for refusing to

compromise biblical truth, one man helped change the world. Martin Luther boldly proclaimed,

my conscience is captive to the Word of God. And his powerful example, his courageous stand

for the truth, was the spark that lit the fires of the Protestant Reformation.

Now you may never have been tested as profoundly as Martin Luther, but if you're a Christian,

what you believe will be put to the test. And the question is, how can you face those trials and

the persecution that may come with unflinching integrity? John MacArthur helps you with that in

his study from Daniel here on Grace to You titled an uncompromising life. Now here's John with

the lesson. Have you ever heard it said, every man has his price? I'm sure you have.

Your price is the point at which you sell out your claimed conviction, the point at which you

abandon your moral standard for some personal gain. Daniel wouldn't compromise. Neither would

Mishail, Aziraya, or Hennanaya. And what were the results of their uncompromising life?

Let's go back and look at them. And we said there were some things that come out as

characteristics and consequences of an uncompromising life. First of all,

when you live a life that doesn't compromise, that doesn't fall prey to the lifestyle of the world,

that doesn't sell out at any price, you will find it number one in unashamed boldness,

an unashamed boldness. Secondly, we saw last time that an uncompromising life not only has

an unashamed boldness, but secondly, an uncommon standard, an uncommon standard. And thirdly,

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