Sports: A Politically-Incorrect Christian Perspective

The Bible says in Romans 12:2, "Be ye not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind."

The objective of sports contests is to beat out other individuals or teams of persons in some athletic endeavor, in order to confer prestige upon the self at the expense of the repute of others. It is no less than an attempt to prove before men, WHO one is. One of the Ten Commandments is: THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. Self-deification is therefore a sin against this divine mandate.

For the Christian, once it is proven, both to one's self and to other people, WHOSE one is, it is of virtually no importance by comparison, to prove WHO one is. Inasmuch as supremacies of physical strength and prowess can be used for wicked evil, as well as for noble virtue, Christians should not give much moral priority to this kind of self-identity in the opinion of other people. And indeed, as salvation is all His work and none of our own, we have nothing in ourselves about which to boast, concerning our salvation. Indeed, God chooses the lowly, to bring down the high and mighty of this world, so NONE will boast before Him. I Corinthians 1:18-31.

It is a disgraceful shame, that most Christian churches in America today end their worship services some time between noon and 1 PM, so that congregants can arrive home just in time to turn on Sunday afternoon sports contests on TV. This is most definitely conformity to the world, and indicates that most people who call themselves "Christians" are not truly saved. Were all Christian churches to hold Sunday worship services in the afternoons(and some thankfully do), it would be interesting to see how many church congregants would THEN show up for worship services.

Jesus Christ warned that not everyone saying to Him "Lord, Lord" will inherit His kingdom, but just those who do His will. He also warned that the road to destruction is broad, and many go therein; but, narrow is the road to salvation, and few there be who find it. Surely, self-deification is on the broad road to destruction, contrary to the will of God.

-LKM