WHEN FOOTBALL BECOMES YOUR GOD (Self-Check)…

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Exodus 20:3 (NKJV)

3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.

Let me first say this is NOT a condemnation of football. I enjoy football. I enjoy playing and I enjoy watching. But, the purpose of this article is for my fellow Christians who enjoy football to give themselves a self-examination…

2 Corinthians 13:5 (NKJV)

5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

I’m talking about going beyond enjoying football to loving it. I’m talking about going beyond loving it to allowing it to become your God.

How? At what point?

Football may have become your God when…

You put regularly going to or watching games before going to worship (whether you worship on Saturday (College) or SONday (Professional)…

Hebrews 10:25 (NKJV)

25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

You know all the players on the roster of your team – all their stats from high school, college and professional, but you can’t name the 12 disciples…

When you do more evangelism and witnessing for your team than you do for Christ…

When you talk more about the game on Saturday or SONday and say absolutely nothing about the sermon, worship or spiritual seed that was sown in you over the weekend.

When you become more offended when someone disrespects your team or favorite player than when they disrespect God…

When you lift up your hands and shout, cheer and celebrate your team but are ashamed to or claim ‘it doesn’t take all of that’ for God…

Psalm 134:2 (NKJV)

2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
And bless the Lord.

 

When you don’t mind sitting through triple overtime for a game but complain if the preacher preaches ‘too long’…

When you teach your children that football (games, practices and discipline) is more important than worship by allowing them to miss church for it…

When you allow a coach to use profanity and unholy language to get the ‘best’ out of your child when the bible forbids use of this type of language…

Ephesians 4:29 (NKJV)

29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers

When people can tell that you’re a fan but can’t tell you’re a disciple…

When you regularly put it before your family…

When you’re more proud of your team than you are your Savior…

You get more angry at your quarterback getting sacked than you do about Jesus being nailed to the cross…

When this cross…

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Means more to you than this cross…

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Be honest with yourself. Enjoy football, but God knows what comes first in your heart, and He refuses to come second.

BE BLESSTIFIED!

 

 

 

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    1. No worries my brother:-) This goes with the territory. At least it gets people thinking. He obviously didn’t read the first paragraph of my post…

      “Let me first say this is NOT a condemnation of football. I enjoy football. I enjoy playing and I enjoy watching. But, the purpose of this article is for my fellow Christians who enjoy football to give themselves a self-examination…”

      Sometimes we will be like Paul…

      Philippians 1:15-18(NIV)

      15 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. 16 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. 18 But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.
      Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

      I’m definitely not saying I’m in chains as Paul was, but if his contentious response provokes studying God’s word, He can definitely give the increase.

      I appreciate you my friend:-)

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      1. Well. Your new friend is not actually a Christian fyi although he is quick to point out his qualifications. He has rejected it all but fronts like he is. It’s part of his tactics to draw the weak in faith away.

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