HERE COMES THE JUDGE (2 OF 8)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:6-12
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Here Comes the Judge (2 of 8)
Series: The Church in the Last Days
Jeff Schreve
2 Thessalonians 1:6-12
When I was a young guy growing up, I got introduced to sports very early in life. I like sports a lot: football and basketball and baseball, and I played all those. I had two older brothers and a dad who liked sports and we would watch, back in the day, ABC's Wide World of Sports. I think it came on Saturday afternoon. That was a cool show because that was before ESPN, and so if you liked sports, you could watch live sports. But then, you'd watch that program and it would have things on there. Mohammad Ali would be on there and different boxing events and some more obscure things that you didn't normally get to see, because a lot of times the Ali fights weren't shown on TV. So, you could see things like that and what we loved about ABC's Wide World of Sports was the beginning - the introduction, where they said they were, ''Spanning the globe to bring you the best in sports entertainment,'' and it was, ''The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.'' Anybody who watched ABC's Wide World of Sports, you liked the ''agony of defeat'' clip and watching that skier go down and basically die. I mean, he just goes down, and we found out later that he lived through that and he's okay, but he was known as the posterchild for the ''agony of defeat.''
Now, I want you to do something with me. I want you to think about a victory that you have had in your life. Maybe it was in sports and something that happened; that you played in a game. Maybe you hit the winning shot, or something like that, or maybe it was your team. You watched your team play the big game, and they won, and it was dramatic, and it was the thrill of victory. I want you to think about that. And then, multiply that by a zillion. Then, I want you to think about the agony of defeat, the worst defeat that you ever experienced, that your team ever experienced, where you were just so up for this event, ...
Series: The Church in the Last Days
Jeff Schreve
2 Thessalonians 1:6-12
When I was a young guy growing up, I got introduced to sports very early in life. I like sports a lot: football and basketball and baseball, and I played all those. I had two older brothers and a dad who liked sports and we would watch, back in the day, ABC's Wide World of Sports. I think it came on Saturday afternoon. That was a cool show because that was before ESPN, and so if you liked sports, you could watch live sports. But then, you'd watch that program and it would have things on there. Mohammad Ali would be on there and different boxing events and some more obscure things that you didn't normally get to see, because a lot of times the Ali fights weren't shown on TV. So, you could see things like that and what we loved about ABC's Wide World of Sports was the beginning - the introduction, where they said they were, ''Spanning the globe to bring you the best in sports entertainment,'' and it was, ''The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.'' Anybody who watched ABC's Wide World of Sports, you liked the ''agony of defeat'' clip and watching that skier go down and basically die. I mean, he just goes down, and we found out later that he lived through that and he's okay, but he was known as the posterchild for the ''agony of defeat.''
Now, I want you to do something with me. I want you to think about a victory that you have had in your life. Maybe it was in sports and something that happened; that you played in a game. Maybe you hit the winning shot, or something like that, or maybe it was your team. You watched your team play the big game, and they won, and it was dramatic, and it was the thrill of victory. I want you to think about that. And then, multiply that by a zillion. Then, I want you to think about the agony of defeat, the worst defeat that you ever experienced, that your team ever experienced, where you were just so up for this event, ...
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