Most church people play at religion, as they play at their
games! Religion itself, is the one game
most universally played.
The Church has its "fields" and "rules" and its "equipment" for playing the game of religion. It has its devotees, both laymen and professionals, who support the game with their money and encourage it with their presence, but who are no different in life or character from many who take no interest in religion at all!
As an athlete uses a ball, so do many of us use religious words. We throw them swiftly across the field and learn to handle them with dexterity and grace. We gain as our reward, the applause of those who have enjoyed the game.
In the secular games which people play, there are no moral benefits. They simply are a pleasant activity which changes nothing, and settles nothing of any importance.
Sadly, it is much the same in the game of religion. After the pleasant meeting, no one is basically any different from what he had been before!
The Church has its "fields" and "rules" and its "equipment" for playing the game of religion. It has its devotees, both laymen and professionals, who support the game with their money and encourage it with their presence, but who are no different in life or character from many who take no interest in religion at all!
As an athlete uses a ball, so do many of us use religious words. We throw them swiftly across the field and learn to handle them with dexterity and grace. We gain as our reward, the applause of those who have enjoyed the game.
In the secular games which people play, there are no moral benefits. They simply are a pleasant activity which changes nothing, and settles nothing of any importance.
Sadly, it is much the same in the game of religion. After the pleasant meeting, no one is basically any different from what he had been before!
[A.W. Tozer]
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Malachi 1:10 ... Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Matthew 6:1 ... Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:23 ... And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
John 3:3 ... Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. ❤
