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<blockquote data-quote="Rescue1" data-source="post: 529081" data-attributes="member: 280"><p>This is for all of my friends that enjoy football.</p><p></p><p>If you like to watch football like most of you do, I would like to ask you a few questions about it. We'll start off with this one, how many teams are on the field? I am guessing all of you said two, but what if I had told y'all that there were three teams on the field (I can see the puzzled look in y'all is eyes)? Yep there's three teams on the field. You have your two opposing teams that are battling it out for the win. Their only goal is to win at any cost. Like to gladiators fighting to the death with only one thing on their mine, to survive and win. However, in this game the third team I mentioned is there to keep them within the rules of the game. Have you guessed the third team yet? I have imaged you have. It is the team officials. Their job is to make sure both teams are adhering to the rules and regulations of the game. In order to do this they have to abide by a rule book. They have to study this rule book, understand each rule in it, memorize it, and follow them to a tee. If they don't, they are not much more than the fans that are in the stadium that are there to cheer on their favorite team. Once they pass their test and take the oath as an official, they are allowed to join their own team on the field. </p><p> Now on to the next question, what happens when an official throws a flag on the field? Does he just make up his own judgment call and pass down whatever punishment that he sees fit? Nope, he has to relate that infraction to the Referee (The head of all the officials on the field, the one with the white hat on), in which then the Referee makes the call whether or not the infraction will stand or be turned over.</p><p> What happens if the Referee cannot make the judgment call on the field? He sends it up to the press box where the final Ref. which has the power to see all the plays (including the one that is in question) with a video in the instant replay booth. With these videos he can see all of the play from every angle you could imagine and make the final call.</p><p> Now I want you to implement how the official regulates the game into your Christian walk. Are you just a fan in the stands cheering on your favorite team in hopes of a win? We have plenty of them every Sunday morning that come to church just to occupy a seat out of an obligation to themselves. They are there just to make themselves look good or think it's their duty to be there. Are you a player on the field trying to win this game to which you're playing called "Life", doing anything or everything possible, and at any cost to win? We have plenty of those half believers too. They are the one who think that the "Good O'l boy" way of life will do just fine. They're the one don't always follow the rules unless it falls with there way of thinking or are you playing by the rules and regulations laid out for you in the rule book (bible) to see this game of "Life" to its end? We don't have to worry with winning the game. Jesus said it Himself in John 19:30 "It is finished". To me, this is equivalent to saying "Game Over", we won. All we have to do now is fight the good fight and finish the game (2 Timothy 4:7).</p><p></p><p>Oh and there's just one more question I want to ask. As we look at all the "Teams" on the field, which of the teams uniforms never change from game to game and what do they look like? They are black and white right? Black and white what, "stripped" right? Isn't that a coincidence that they would wear uniforms that are stripped? How many times have you ever seen the fans beat up on or ridiculed them for the calls they make on the field because it wasn't in their teams favor? How many times have you been beat up on or ridiculed for your walk with Christ? God never said this walk would be easy, but He did say He would walk with you and help you see it till the end. There He said it would be worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rescue1, post: 529081, member: 280"] This is for all of my friends that enjoy football. If you like to watch football like most of you do, I would like to ask you a few questions about it. We'll start off with this one, how many teams are on the field? I am guessing all of you said two, but what if I had told y'all that there were three teams on the field (I can see the puzzled look in y'all is eyes)? Yep there's three teams on the field. You have your two opposing teams that are battling it out for the win. Their only goal is to win at any cost. Like to gladiators fighting to the death with only one thing on their mine, to survive and win. However, in this game the third team I mentioned is there to keep them within the rules of the game. Have you guessed the third team yet? I have imaged you have. It is the team officials. Their job is to make sure both teams are adhering to the rules and regulations of the game. In order to do this they have to abide by a rule book. They have to study this rule book, understand each rule in it, memorize it, and follow them to a tee. If they don't, they are not much more than the fans that are in the stadium that are there to cheer on their favorite team. Once they pass their test and take the oath as an official, they are allowed to join their own team on the field. Now on to the next question, what happens when an official throws a flag on the field? Does he just make up his own judgment call and pass down whatever punishment that he sees fit? Nope, he has to relate that infraction to the Referee (The head of all the officials on the field, the one with the white hat on), in which then the Referee makes the call whether or not the infraction will stand or be turned over. What happens if the Referee cannot make the judgment call on the field? He sends it up to the press box where the final Ref. which has the power to see all the plays (including the one that is in question) with a video in the instant replay booth. With these videos he can see all of the play from every angle you could imagine and make the final call. Now I want you to implement how the official regulates the game into your Christian walk. Are you just a fan in the stands cheering on your favorite team in hopes of a win? We have plenty of them every Sunday morning that come to church just to occupy a seat out of an obligation to themselves. They are there just to make themselves look good or think it's their duty to be there. Are you a player on the field trying to win this game to which you’re playing called "Life", doing anything or everything possible, and at any cost to win? We have plenty of those half believers too. They are the one who think that the “Good O'l boy" way of life will do just fine. They're the one don't always follow the rules unless it falls with there way of thinking or are you playing by the rules and regulations laid out for you in the rule book (bible) to see this game of "Life" to its end? We don't have to worry with winning the game. Jesus said it Himself in John 19:30 "It is finished". To me, this is equivalent to saying “Game Over", we won. All we have to do now is fight the good fight and finish the game (2 Timothy 4:7). Oh and there's just one more question I want to ask. As we look at all the "Teams" on the field, which of the teams uniforms never change from game to game and what do they look like? They are black and white right? Black and white what, "stripped" right? Isn't that a coincidence that they would wear uniforms that are stripped? How many times have you ever seen the fans beat up on or ridiculed them for the calls they make on the field because it wasn't in their teams favor? How many times have you been beat up on or ridiculed for your walk with Christ? God never said this walk would be easy, but He did say He would walk with you and help you see it till the end. There He said it would be worth it. [/QUOTE]
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