Originally posted by @chaney3Yes, the man who would pray for his team is not necessarily wicked, sinful or evil, as he would like to project me as saying. But IF he were righteous, he simply wouldn't do it.
I think what she's saying is that if a man is righteous, he would pray for more important things and not be bothered praying about a sports event.
Maybe you're confused with the way she phrased it.
In order to be CALLED 'righteous', one must actually BE righteous. But, not being righteous does not mean one is UNrighteous. Every day on this website I marvel at all the Brits here who have an astonishingly loose grasp of their own language.
Originally posted by @tom-wolsey"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." -- 1 Timothy 6:10, KJV
Just my 2 cents.
A sports team winning a game, especially a championship, is no little thing. Millions are affected and enormous sums of money changes hands. Something that impactful would likely not fly under God's radar. My opinion.
Originally posted by @suzianneNo offense but what you just said by reasonable deduction is, if someone prays for their team to win, they are not righteous, i.e. unrighteous.
Yes, the man who would pray for his team is not necessarily wicked, sinful or evil, as he would like to project me as saying. But IF he were righteous, he simply wouldn't do it.
In order to be CALLED 'righteous', one must actually BE righteous. But, not being righteous does not mean one is UNrighteous. Every day on this website I marvel at all the Brits here who have an astonishingly loose grasp of their own language.
I would rather hear someone say something like, "Praying for your team to win is not exactly the most righteous thing you could do."
Boil this down. If praying for a team is unrighteous or as someone else implied, too petty and we should pray for greater things, for others' lives to improve in some way. Then praying for a raise or a promotion also qualifies. Praying for anything selfish.. like praying for the tornado not to tear YOUR house down.. or for God to improve YOUR personal health... would be unrighteous and petty. If you take it all the way down the slippery slope, we're all unrighteous unless we pray for grandiose things like world peace and the end to world hunger.
Originally posted by @suzianneMillions or billions of dollars changing hands has an enormous ripple effect across communities, cities, countries. Not important enough for God to be involved?
"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." -- 1 Timothy 6:10, KJV
Originally posted by @suzianneI don't like those snobby Brits either. 🙂
Yes, the man who would pray for his team is not necessarily wicked, sinful or evil, as he would like to project me as saying. But IF he were righteous, he simply wouldn't do it.
In order to be CALLED 'righteous', one must actually BE righteous. But, not being righteous does not mean one is UNrighteous. Every day on this website I marvel at all the Brits here who have an astonishingly loose grasp of their own language.
