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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"IS CHRISTIANITY A GAME TO YOU?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE GAME OF GOLF THIS MORNING AND WAS COMPARING A GOLF TOURNAMENT TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING OF IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD.
IF YOU DID NOT KNOW HOW TO PLAY GOLF, WHAT WOULD YOU NEED? FIRST, YOU WOULD NEED A TEACHER. IF YOU WERE NOT A CHRISTIAN, WHAT WOULD YOU NEED? YOU WOULD ALSO NEED A TEACHER. (ROMANS 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?)
WHAT EQUIPMENT WOULD YOU NEED AS A GOLFER? YOU WOULD CERTAINLY NEED A RULE BOOK. HOW ELSE WOULD YOU KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF A GOLF TOURNAMENT TO MAKE YOUR GAME BETTER. AS A CHRISTIAN, YOU WOULD ALSO NEED A RULE BOOK, THE BIBLE, TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER.
IN GOLF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THE BALL AS STRAIGHT AS YOU CAN TO REACH YOUR GOAL WHICH WOULD BE TO PUT THE BALL IN THE HOLE. YOU HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY BECAUSE THERE ARE PITFALLS ALONG THE WAY....SAND TRAPS, ROUGH GRASS AND TREES. AS A CHRISTIAN YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR PATH STRAIGHT AS IT SAYS IN HEBREWS 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. THERE ARE PITFALLS IN LIFE AND SATAN WILL DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO STOP YOU FROM REACHING YOUR GOAL WHICH IS TO LIVE AS FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT LIFE IN JESUS.
AT THE END OF YOUR GOLF TOURNAMENT, YOUR SCORE WILL DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF GAME YOU PLAYED AND THE REWARD YOU WILL GET. AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE, GOD WILL JUDGE AND DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF LIFE YOU LIVED AND WILL REWARD YOU ACCORDINGLY.
IT IS NEAT TO COMPARE LIKE THIS BUT WHAT WE MUST REMEMBER IS THAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NO GAME. WHAT YOU DO IN IT, IN REALITY, DETERMINES WHERE YOU WILL SPEND ETERNITY. I PRAY THAT NO ONE IS PLAYING THE GAME OF CHRISTIANITY. REMEMBER WHAT HEBREWS 11:6 SAYS "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." THE KEY WORD HERE IS "DILIGENTLY". ARE YOU DILIGENTLY SEEKING HIM TODAY?
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
