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.

1. THE SPIRITUAL
OLYMPICS
1 COR 9:24-27
Bishop Genesis T. Udang

2. • 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.
• 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 9:26 So 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 LEARN IN 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
• The Christian 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
• 1Co 9:26 So I do not run
aimlessly; I do not box as
one beating the air.

9. LESSONS WE LEARN IN AN
OLYMPIC GAME
• THE SPORTS
• THE TRAINING

10. THE TRAINING
•1Co 9:25 Every athlete
exercises self-control
in all things.

11. LESSONS WE LEARN IN 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 LEARN IN AN
OLYMPIC GAME
• THE SPORTS
• THE TRAINING
• THE SPECTATORS
• THE RULES

14. THE RULES
• II Tim. 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 LEARN IN AN
OLYMPIC GAME
• THE SPORTS
• THE TRAINING
• THE SPECTATORS
• THE RULES
• THE REWARDS

16. THE REWARDS
• 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.
• 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 “Be faithful,
even to the point of
death, and I will give
you the crown of life.”