A popular trend today, just like throughout history, is to gain popularity and a more broad hearing by compromise. This is even try among those who claim to be sovereign grace, Calvinist and Reformed. They think to be dogmatic in defending the gospel without compromise is a show of hatefulness. In turn they hold that tolerance of a false gospel shows love and kindness. This is the furthest thing from the truth.

The tolerant compromisers are merely protecting their friends and relatives who are in false religion. It goes to prove that in the majority of cases they are even protecting their old profession in false religion, giving them some sort of pride in their religious seniority. But God's people are brought to humility to submit to Christ and His righteousness and God gives them repentance to change their mind about what God accepts and what glorifies Him.

The religion of the world is very tolerant except one area stands out where they are absolutely not. It is in the area of intolerance. If someone stands and boldly proclaims that there is only one true gospel and the Christ and the merit of His righteousness that is based on His effectual atonement for the elect. They are consistent with demanding it is the only way of acceptance with God and all other ways are damnable heresy. That is the offense of the cross.