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Sideline Rooters

Sideline Rooters. Some people are wimps. They don't have enough courage to be personally involved, but they do enjoy watching others in a conflict. Nations are that way, too. Some are not powerful enough to be dominant, yet, they enjoy rooting for someone else. Sideline Rooters.

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Sideline Rooters

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  1. Sideline Rooters • Some people are wimps. They don't have enough courage to be personally involved, but they do enjoy watching others in a conflict. • Nations are that way, too. Some are not powerful enough to be dominant, yet, they enjoy rooting for someone else.

  2. Sideline Rooters • Ancient Edom Was A Sideline Rooter • The Edomites were descendents of Esau (brother of Jacob). • Edom = "red" - Gen 25:30, 36:8-9

  3. Sideline Rooters And Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary." Therefore his name was called Edom. Genesis 25:30 So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom. 9And this is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir. Genesis 36:8-9

  4. Sideline Rooters • Ancient Edom Was A Sideline Rooter • The Edomites were descendents of Esau (brother of Jacob). • Edom = "red" - Gen 25:30, 36:8-9 • They were considered "brethren" - Deut 23:7, 2:4-6

  5. Sideline Rooters “You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.” Deuteronomy 23:7 And command the people, saying, "You are about to pass through the territory of your brethren, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore watch yourselves carefully. 5Do not meddle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink. Deuteronomy 2:4-6

  6. Sideline Rooters • Ancient Edom Was A Sideline Rooter • The Edomites were descendents of Esau (brother of Jacob). • Edom = "red" - Gen 25:30, 36:8-9 • They were considered "brethren" - Deut 23:7, 2:4-6 • Over 400 years after Esau

  7. Sideline Rooters • Ancient Edom Was A Sideline Rooter • Though brethren, they were also the enemies of the Jews. • Obadiah considered to be the favorite book of Jews (shortest in Old Testament). • It pronounces doom on Edom - Obad 3-4

  8. Sideline Rooters The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?' 4Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down," says the LORD. Obadiah 3-4

  9. Sideline Rooters • Ancient Edom Was A Sideline Rooter • Edom was a wimpy nation • Lived in the hills in relative security • Had no faith in God, only trusted own might • Had no real military strength • Just were not worth the trouble to flush out of the hills

  10. Sideline Rooters • Ancient Edom Was A Sideline Rooter • Though they could not subdue Judah, they sure enjoyed watching others fight it out with them - Obad 10-14

  11. Sideline Rooters “For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever. 11In the day that you stood on the other side-In the day that strangers carried captive his forces, When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem-Even you were as one of them. 12But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother In the day of his captivity; Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; Nor should you have spoken proudly In the day of distress. 13You should not have entered the gate of My people In the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction In the day of their calamity, Nor laid hands on their substance In the day of their calamity. 14You should not have stood at the crossroads To cut off those among them who escaped; Nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained In the day of distress.” Obadiah 1:10-14

  12. Sideline Rooters • Ancient Edom Was A Sideline Rooter • Though they could not subdue Judah, they sure enjoyed watching others fight it out with them - Obad 10-14 • Illustration: (didn't make any tackles, but jumped on the pile 5 times)

  13. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • Saul consented to the death of Stephen - Act 7:58, 8:1

  14. Sideline Rooters and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. Acts 7:58 Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Acts 8:1

  15. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • Saul consented to the death of Stephen - Act 7:58, 8:1 • Pharisees supported the killing of the prophets - Lk 11:47-48

  16. Sideline Rooters “Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.” Luke 11:47-48

  17. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • Romans encouraged sinful behavior - Rom 1:32

  18. Sideline Rooters who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. Romans 1:32

  19. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • Romans encouraged sinful behavior - Rom 1:32 • Corinthians boasted of undisciplined sin - 1 Cor 5:1-2

  20. Sideline Rooters It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles--that a man has his father's wife! 2And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 1 Corinthians 5:1-2

  21. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • There are sideline rooters in the church today. • Enjoy when evil happens to our enemy. • Got a speeding ticket (we laugh and laugh) • Get fired at work.

  22. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • There are sideline rooters in the church today. • Supporting sex, violence, vulgarity on TV and in movies. • We wouldn't kill, but enjoy watching someone else • We wouldn't have an affair, but…

  23. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • There are sideline rooters in the church today. • From a different perspective • Encourage preacher to tell lost of Christian, but... - Matt 28:19-20

  24. Sideline Rooters "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew 28:19-20

  25. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • There are sideline rooters in the church today. • From a different perspective • Encourage preacher to tell lost of Christian, but... - Matt 28:19-20 • Expect Elders to visit needy, but don't go yourself. • Demand others teach class, but... - Heb 5:12

  26. Sideline Rooters For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. Hebrews 5:12

  27. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • There are sideline rooters in the church today. • Enjoy when evil happens to our enemy. • Supporting sex, violence, vulgarity on TV and in movies. • From a different perspective • Above 3 are armchair quarterbacks - Matt 23:4

  28. Sideline Rooters “For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.” Matthew 23:4

  29. Sideline Rooters • Edom Was Not The Only Sideline Rooters(indications are that God is not pleased with side-line rooters). • Not all sideline rooting is bad. • Your support tonight is good • Your presence at a funeral/wedding, etc. is important • There is a need for fan support (at ball games, etc) • The danger is if we are always on the sideline and never get personally involved.

  30. Sideline Rooters • Opposing Good Works. • "The lost need to be evangelized", get the preacher

  31. Sideline Rooters • Opposing Good Works. • "The needy need to be helped", get the elders.

  32. Sideline Rooters • Opposing Good Works. • "The children need to be taught", get someone, wife of elder or preacher.

  33. Sideline Rooters • Opposing Good Works. • "The building needs to be maintained", get someone else.

  34. Sideline Rooters • Opposing Good Works. • Missionaries need to be sent", get someone else.

  35. Sideline Rooters • Opposing Good Works. • Content to hide in the hills when work needs to be done

  36. Sideline Rooters • Supporting Evil Will Bring The Judgment Of God. • Edom was doomed - Obad 15-16 • Where is Edom today? - Ob 10

  37. Sideline Rooters “For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head. 16For as you drank on my holy mountain, So shall all the nations drink continually; Yes, they shall drink, and swallow, And they shall be as though they had never been.” Obadiah 1:15-16 “For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever.” Obadiah 1:10

  38. Sideline Rooters • Supporting Evil Will Bring The Judgment Of God. • The righteous will ultimately be victorious - Obad 17-18

  39. Sideline Rooters "But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18The house of Jacob shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau shall be stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau," For the LORD has spoken. Obadiah 1:17-18

  40. Sideline Rooters • Supporting Evil Will Bring The Judgment Of God. • When the Lord returns, will you be caught on the sideline rooting against Him?

  41. Sideline Rooters • Supporting Evil Will Bring The Judgment Of God. • Now's your opportunity to get into His game. • Come out of your hiding place • Live in the sunshine of God's power and purpose

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