Soccer 2010 World Cup

1. Flags
and
Vuvuzelas,
and
Idolatry
The World Cup as a tournament will be over in a few
weeks.You may rememberyourholiday oraspects of
the tournament for the rest of your life. Future
generations will write in their history books where
the tournament was held and wo won.
God’s offerlasts foralleternity.
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“No I cannot raise the
banner of another,
when His banner over
me is love.”

2. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." Exodus
204-5 (ESV)
Idolatry is just one of the 10 Commandments we break repeatedly,
oftennotevenrealizingthatwearebreakingaCommandment.
We break it by exalting ourselves or thinking more of ourselves than
we think of God. Or we care more about what others say about us
thanwhatGod says aboutus.
Today, in our country we care more about what politicians or sports
stars say than what God says. We spend more time reading the daily
newspaper, or watching TV, or playing sports and computer games,
thanwe spend readingtheBible.
We are all guilty of breaking not only this commandment, but all of
them, whether intentionally or unintentionally, whether by physical
actionorbytheattitudeofourheart.
The only thing God can do with our Idolatry is to judge it and punish
it.Thewagesof sin is death.
Jesus took the punishment that we deserve. If we repent and turn to
Christ then we will no longer have to face God's wrath on the Day of
Judgment. Jesus dealt with our sins once and for all on the Cross where
Hedied.
Jesus loved you so much, that He died for you. He took the punishment
thatyoudeserveso thatyou couldbewithHiminHeavenforever.
We must agree with God that we have sinned and confess our many sins,
repent, which means determine to stop sinning of known sins.
Surrender to Jesus as Lord, which means He now commands our
decisionsandouractions,andSaviour.
Jesus did not stay dead, but arose again from the dead, then ascended
intoHeaven.
One day, there will be a loud trumpet sound from Heaven and Jesus will
return. He will return in great power and glory. He will set up the
Judgment Day where we will all give account of the deeds done in the
flesh. If you belong to Jesus, you do not have to fear the same Judgment
and the punishment for what you have repented of and what Christ has
already paid for. But we will give an account of how we have served and
obeyedHim.
"He has taken me to the banquet hall
and His banner over me is Love."
Song of Solomon 2:4 (NIV)
ofthechiefangeland ablastofGod's trumpet,theLordwillreturn fromheaven.Thenthosewho had faithinChrist before
"Withaloudcommandandwiththeshout
theydiedwillberaisedtolife."1Thes4:16(CEV)