tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post1623081594452105824..comments2024-03-19T09:20:35.106+02:00Comments on A Letter from Kabwata: To go to church or watch football?Conrad Mbewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560142646595019527noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-26297604119473669672017-03-14T12:49:40.506+02:002017-03-14T12:49:40.506+02:00Thank Pastor Mbewe, you speak my mind. In fact Sab...Thank Pastor Mbewe, you speak my mind. In fact Sabbath breaking is one of the neglected OT principles by the Church today as I cited in my book. Christians today don't know they ought not put on their TV on Sunday, the Christian Sabbath day for sports and entertainment talk less of missing Church. It is a shame that the Church today, even in my country, Nigeria, could treat our Lord so by rejecting Him for another. Yea, the new Christians would call you and I legalistic, because, they say Christians are not under the OT law. The fail to understand the role of the moral law of God embedded in the Ten Commandment is a means of our sanctification - a rule of life, neither do we neglect the civil laws of our lands and be punished by the law enforcement of our countries. But the ceremonial laws were fulfilled in Christ atoning sacrifice for us. Our fellow pastors should teach their people better. A man had said he cannot love a game where eleven foolish men running around a small round thing for 90 minutes. To do so is foolishness and IDOLATRY.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932813030450949316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-20412174954074775442017-03-14T11:56:30.327+02:002017-03-14T11:56:30.327+02:00Thank you Pastor. For every true Christian the day...Thank you Pastor. For every true Christian the day of worship is dedicated to God. Whatever human pleasures may fall on the Lord's day must be considered a distraction and must not be entertained. We were created for His pleasure and worshipping Him gives Him great pleasure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086201903240138311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-50544005665290129942017-03-14T08:39:48.714+02:002017-03-14T08:39:48.714+02:00Dear brother, completely agree with you. Pastors a...Dear brother, completely agree with you. Pastors are hugely responsible. Acts 20:28 says it very clearly: Take heed to thyself and watch over the flock whom God has given to you. If the flock flocks to football matches, pastors ought to flog themselves for not having the courage to tell them the truth. Watchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05103283460682030415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-9689374625480855322017-03-13T23:08:04.576+02:002017-03-13T23:08:04.576+02:00Amen Pastor Mbewe! The sin of idolatry has crept i...Amen Pastor Mbewe! The sin of idolatry has crept in the church in a very subtle way and there is need for a warning to be sounded from all pulpits of faithful preachers and by all the faithful remnants of God.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06162794793363879315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-58124041463850752892017-03-13T14:06:33.115+02:002017-03-13T14:06:33.115+02:00Many "Christians" have their hand on the...Many "Christians" have their hand on the plow and looking back, they are not fit for the kingdom. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing this eye opening message with us. Surely, most professing believers are guilty, and legalists we are to them if we speak against their most favorite. Thanks be to God we are by His grace justified and will be rewarded for standing up for what is right. Pastor Ben M. Sangendehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04727392944555087528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-77790153787965557642017-03-13T12:57:49.412+02:002017-03-13T12:57:49.412+02:00I don't get Q.59. I'm fine with people per...I don't get Q.59. I'm fine with people personally applying the Sabbath to be Sunday, but I don't see any biblical reference in which God appoints Sunday to be the Sabbath.Joey Espinosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962252428291430709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-4298314963063130962017-03-13T12:10:56.453+02:002017-03-13T12:10:56.453+02:00I weep, that our people should be able to say &quo...I weep, that our people should be able to say "no" to temporary "joy" in exchange of everlasting joy which is in Christ alone. Discernment must be implied, moreover wisdom must be practice in our daily walk. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335563660924691078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-82947249381222494182017-03-13T10:22:52.775+02:002017-03-13T10:22:52.775+02:00The great post Conrad and applicable not just to Z...The great post Conrad and applicable not just to Zambians but most certainly to England. I've even known ministers turn up late for a service because they were hooked to the game on the screen.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844366678053531631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-47188223483880829402017-03-13T01:29:37.882+02:002017-03-13T01:29:37.882+02:00As one from a developed country in the West I am e...As one from a developed country in the West I am embarrassed to report that even well-regarded congregations considering themselves Reformed have annually surrendered their Sunday evening service to the Superbowl, cleverly disguising it as a 'fellowship' with big screen TV, chili cookoffs and chips and dip. Football in the United States is certainly competiting with God for Christians' time and affections, and it's winning, as are various youth sports leagues which practice and play on Sundays, trapping parents into being ogres in the eyes of both their kids and the coaches if they choose worship over soccer/baseball/football, or offending God by being 'good parents' in those same eyes. I remember Martin Holdt often decrying 'Sunday trading' from the pulpit, and RSA at that time had very few shops open on Sundays in comparison to my USA. Satan is our very clever adversary, never to be underestimated, and only to be resisted and overcome by the power of Christ in us.Glen Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17080499401775393800noreply@blogger.com