Posted on 02/01/2020 1:57:01 PM PST by The Ignorant Fisherman
Dear friends, It's that time of the year when ALL America (from top to bottom) gathers together as a nation for Super Sunday! Tragically, millions of Americans will be missing out on and not attending the TRUE Super Sunday that transcends ALL time and ETERNITY!
The original "Super Sunday", the day that the Savior of the world defeated Death and Hades (Sheol) and rose again from the grave ( Acts 2:22-36; 3:13-18; 4:10-12, 33; 5:29-32; 10:37-43; 13:27-37; 17:23, 30-32; 23:6; 24:14-16; 25:19; 26:68, 22-23, Rev. 1:18); is now the day of the week that His redeemed gather together to hear Almighty God's RIGHTEOUS Word and worship Him collectively! It is a day set apart by the Almighty God the Father for His saints to enter into His HOLY presence in a very special way; to worship Him in Spirit and TRUTH, to expose one's hearts and minds to the REALITIES of time and ETERNITY, to be challenged, strengthened and encouraged in the Savior and to fellowship with believers in Spirit and TRUTH (John 3:21, 4:24)!
The original "Super Sunday", the day that the Savior of the world defeated Death and Hades (Sheol) and rose again from the grave is now the day of the week that His redeemed gather together to hear Almighty God's RIGHTEOUS Word!
My beloved, If the Lord's Day is not "super" to you then it is safe to say that the ETERNAL God, His Blessed Son, His saving grace and ETERNAL promises are not precious to you either and you might not be truly saved (Matt. 7:21-23, 2 Cor. 13:5, Jude 1:10). Football today in our nation has made millions of America's obsessed and fanatical! It consumes and dominates their minds 24/7 and occupies nearly all of their free time! I see it at work, with my family and acquaintances. Look, I love sports and I love football but we all got to get our priorities in order and set right! Football is indeed the greatest game to play and watch! However, our nation has become totally consumed with this sport and the day in which it falls upon!
Sunday has now become "MY" day and the Lord's Day has been put on the back burner for emergency purposes only!
Step back and be objective today my friends and be true to yourselves and have eyes to see! The NFL has been a satanic distraction for our nation and for our culture for years and has virtually replaced the Lord's Day hands down! The fallout from this demonic "switch -a roo" has helped to bring us as a nation to the place where we are today; lost, ignorant, distracted, godless, unfulfilled, narcissistic and doomed! In our post Judeo/Christian America, Sunday has now become "MY" day and the Lord's Day has been put on the back burner for emergency purposes only. No doubt this appraisal sounds a little radical and fanatical to some, but that is where it is at today in the U.S. of A! As we as a family drive to church each Sunday morn the fields are full of kids playing soccer, baseball, etc, the supermarket parking lots are filled to overflowing, highways are packed going to the beach etc, etc! I think you get my point. Dear friends, remove the Lord's Day from post-Judeo/Christian American culture and see how many people will truly get upset or even care! Sadly that is where we are today and because of this neglect, we have reaped the whirlwind in our nation, culture, and society!
The NFL has been a satanic distraction in our culture for years and has replace the Lord's Day and the fallout from this has helped to bring us as a nation to where we are today; lost, ignorant, distracted, godless, narcissistic and doomed!
Football is very exciting, full of militaristic tactics, excitement and great passion, however, football has become - as it were - a cult in our country today and the Super Bowl the high holy day which is most reverenced in our nation each January/February. Sunday NFL football has also been set apart by millions for the worshiping of one's favorite teams. The amount of money and time invested by individuals into football, fantasy football leagues, gaming, food, alcohol, preparing and studying all the NFL stats, setting Sunday morning apart for all the pregame shows is zealousness at its very best! From tailgating to house parties to football gatherings; who have time or room to worship the Almighty in the spirit of TRUTH and RIGHTEOUSNESS on His day set apart? Tragically, very few today do.
Indeed football is a great game to watch and follow as I do but it can NEVER replace the Lord's Day in my mind and heart and I am not just saying that to sound self-righteous and full of piety. That is the Lord's truth. A saving personal relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ in Spirit and TRUTH is where true joy and fulfillment truly comes from and next to that there is absolutely no comparison! Until one fully has surrendered to the will of Almighty God for their lives; one will never be truly free to enjoy all things (John 8:32, 36)!
Football has become - as it were - a cult in our country today and the Super Bowl the high holy day which is most reverenced in our nation each January. Sunday NFL football has also been set apart by millions for the worshiping of one's favorite teams.
My dear fanatical football friend, enjoy the game of football but NEVER let it replace Almighty God and His Divinely set apart Day. Beware of what it has become unto you and to millions like you. It is has become a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, a distraction, to remove your affections from the ETERNAL REALITIES of time and ETERNITY (Matt. 6:19-21).
The Lord Jesus made this very sober remark to those who are obsessed and addicted to the temporal things of this world and not taking the ETERNAL seriously enough.
"And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell." Matt. 5:29-30
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matt. 6:19-21
Do you know the Lord Jesus as your personal Savior? That is the GREAT ETERNAL question for all! "The world passeth away, and the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of God, abideth FOREVER (1 John 2:17). The Lord's Day must be first and all other things fall a distant second! That is the healthy and proper order
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
Oh wow. I didn’t even know that tomorrow is Superbowl Sunday. I guess I should expect a few less in church tomorrow. That’s unfortunate. But I guess if they come, they might miss the latest transgender commercial. Can’t have that happen, can we?
Hebrews 10:19-25
(19) Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
(20) By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
(21) And having an high priest over the house of God;
(22) Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
(23) Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
(24) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
(25) Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
It won’t be long faithful Christians.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3
(1) Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
(2) That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
(3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Well, if you want the TRUTH then why publish lies? Sunday is NOT the day set aside to worship. Nowhere in the Bible does it say to celebrate Sunday. The seventh day is the Sabbath. That is the day set aside to worship God. From Genesis to Revelation, the Sabbath remains a day of rest. Six days shall you labor and rest and worship God on the seventh. So now you know the TRUTH, be ignorant no longer.
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