Parents who have a rebellious child may feel worn down by the child’s behaviour and find the home atmosphere so unpleasant that they feel they cannot continue to oppose the child any longer. They would rather ignore the child’s rebellion or even to reward them inappropriately simply to avoid contention in the home. This will be to the ruin of the child. Again, it may be that a preacher who ought to rebuke some evil practice in the church begins to think that it is all too hard and adjusts his message to appease those who ought to be confronted. He is faced with some who constantly demand that he bring in modern worship, a deeply corrupting influence among God’s people, and at first he says no, and he gives them reasons. But some with carnal tastes will not give up and come back again and again. Eventually he makes a small compromise to keep them quiet, but of course that is not enough to satisfy them, and it is done to the injury of Christ’s church. The same may happen for any believer who senses how much the world hates Christ and out of over-sensitivity minimises his witness to the world so as to avoid persecution. Others may applaud the wicked in their evil ways, because they hope to gain some advantage by doing so, and they therefore sacrifice their integrity to get something in return. All this is a serious departure from what God would have us to do.