"Super" Bowl Or "Stupor" Bowl?

The news media hype over the upcoming 52nd Super Bowl (see here) causes more of a sense of “stupor” rather than something that is “super“ (after all it‘s just another football game with highly overpaid players, is it not?).

The word “stupor” is defined as, “suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc., as, “He lay there in a drunken stupor.

Thus, this writer would classify the upcoming “Super” Bowl as the “Stupor” Bowl. Not only will the cost of a Super Bowl ticket be astronomical (see here), but beer consumption will be astronomical as well (see here). See articles regarding alcohol and alcohol consumption here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Sadly, our affluent society has obviously never heard of the biblical concept of denying self (see here). Another sad reality, is that some members of the Lord’s church will absent themselves from the assembly on Sunday evening because of the Super Bowl (Hebrews 10:25); and even more sad, is that some congregations of the Lord’s people will not conduct evening services because of the upcoming “Stupor” event.

Beloved, do we ever stop to think about our spiritual priorities (Matthew 6:33) when it comes to honoring our Lord who endured six horrific hours on a wooden cross so that we might not have to face an eternal hell fire?

Question: Is the “Stupor“ Bowl more important to us than giving one hour of praise and worship to our Heavenly Father on Sunday evening, February 4?

What's the bottom line?: We have the time for what we make time for.

Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets

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