Can Fantasy Football Be Used for Discipleship?

The answer is definitively no, no, no! The focus is on individuals who actively follow Jesus, rather than sports fans who are so-called Christians. It’s crucial to emphasize that sports are entirely unrelated to Jesus or following Jesus.

Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. The Bible speaks of people who teach to intertwine Jesus and the world.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

2 Peter 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

2 Corinthians 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

2 Timothy 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

What is happening now is an effort to intwine worldly things such as sports, sports stars, music, movies, and movie stars into Christians lives. However, the teachings of the Bible teaches the opposite about the world and things in the world.

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

False teachers have taken every worldly idea and Christendom them. In America, they see their nation as one big church, resulting in things of the world called Christianity, which is called “Christendom.”

Strangely, you must remind people that reading the Bible is the only way we know about God and his son Jesus.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

If you claim to be a Christian “SAVED,” then the way is taught in the Bible, and if you’re not going by those ways, you are not a real Christian.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Your doctrine comes from the word, and your instructions on how to live right come from the word.

Psalms 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. You are Judged by the word in the Bible.

John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

Simply claiming to be saved and identifying as a Christian, attending church, and giving tithes is not enough if one does not follow the teachings of the Bible. It is crucial to study the Bible in order to truly be a Christian.

The Bible teaches that the god of this world is none other than the devil.

2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

The Bible says the church will fall away from the truth at the end of the world. Today, we live in the end of the world, and the line between church and the world has become blurry in many so-called Christian churches on so-called Christian TV and so-called Christian websites.

When people care little about the truth of the Bible, it should be no surprise when that belief becomes irrelevant to real life. The Bible is no longer a highly regarded book that is studied, the church is no longer a highly regarded place because of not teaching the truth of the Bible.

Many churches have become hangouts for worldly people who call themselves Christians but are just worldly sinners with the label Christian.

John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work sin.

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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