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The spiritual olympics
The document discusses how spiritual life is like competing in the Olympics. It notes that in the Olympics there are different sports like wrestling, running, and boxing that Christians face spiritual counterparts of. It also discusses how Olympic athletes train self-discipline, have spectators watching, and follow rules to win perishable prizes, while Christians do the same for an imperishable reward from God.
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The spiritual olympics
- 1. THE SPIRITUAL OLYMPICS 1 COR9:24-27 Bishop Genesis T. Udang
- 2. • 1Co 9:24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. • 1Co 9:25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
- 3. • 1Co 9:26So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. • 1Co 9:27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
- 4. LESSONS WE LEARNIN AN OLYMPIC GAME • THE SPORTS
- 5. THE SPORTS • WRESTLING •Eph. 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”
- 6. • RUNNING • TheChristian life is similar to running a footrace. • 1Co 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.
- 7. •II Tim. 4:7“I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
- 8. • BOXING • 1Co9:26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.
- 9. LESSONS WE LEARNIN AN OLYMPIC GAME • THE SPORTS • THE TRAINING
- 10. THE TRAINING •1Co 9:25Every athlete exercises self-control in all things.
- 11. LESSONS WE LEARNIN AN OLYMPIC GAME • THE SPORTS • THE TRAINING • THE SPECTATORS
- 12. THE SPECTATORS •Heb. 12:1“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses…”
- 13. LESSONS WE LEARNIN AN OLYMPIC GAME • THE SPORTS • THE TRAINING • THE SPECTATORS • THE RULES
- 14. THE RULES • IITim. 2:5 “If anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor’s crown unless he competes according to the rules.”
- 15. LESSONS WE LEARNIN AN OLYMPIC GAME • THE SPORTS • THE TRAINING • THE SPECTATORS • THE RULES • THE REWARDS
- 16. THE REWARDS • 1Co9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. • Phil. 3:14 “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
- 17. •Rev. 2:10 “Befaithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.”