Idolatry of Sports Figures is Sin

I am shocked at how many believers are indulging in idolatry in the form of the idol worship of men, especially in sports. I don't know where so many get the idea that sports is a clean and wholesome profession.

There are many wicked things these ball players indulge in, they are often "party animals" with huge egos. Often those who go into sports are people who love to be superior to others, they have a problem with a need to be continually elevated, competition with others is the way they get their "fame fix."

Have we forgotten that they are performers the same as those on the screen who play a role?

Sure, enjoy your favorite ball team, but don't claim there is any higher moral standard in sports than there is in Hollywood.

Sports figures have become idols in our country! An obsession with anything is not good unless it is Christ. When we will speak often about a sports figure based on his talents as a ball player, but almost never mention Christ in conversation, then we have placed those sports moguls above Christ.

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me" is one of the Ten Commandments found in the Hebrew Bible (לא יהיה־לך אלהים אחרים על־פני; Exodus 20:3 = Deuteronomy 5:7).