compromise is depicted by the book of Judges as an impossible, unstable compound. God wants all of our lives, not just part. 3. There is a tension between grace and law, between conditionality and unconditionality. We find in Judges a seeming contradiction. On the one hand, God demands obedience because he is holy. On the other hand, he makes promises of commitment and loyalty to his people. Will his holiness and his conditional commands (Do this and then I’ll do this) override his promises (I will