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Does the Bible encourage us to wrestle or just watch wrestling? (Genesis 32:24)<\/strong><\/p>\n Question:<\/strong> We see Jacob wrestling with the Angel of God (Genesis 32:24). Is there any harm in us watching wrestling on TV?<\/p>\n Answer:<\/strong> NO! The Bible never teaches us to love the world. In fact, it repeatedly tells us not to love the world or the things in it<\/strong>. If we love the world and its things, then the love of God is not in us (1 John 2:15).<\/p>\n Wrestling is one of the worldly things, along with ball games!<\/p>\n Now you might ask, why did Jacob wrestle in Genesis 32:24?<\/p>\n Jacob didn\u2019t sit down to arrange a match with the Angel as if they were entertaining themselves or testing strength. No! That was not the case. What happened was that the Angel of God visited Jacob in human form, and after finishing what brought Him there, when He wanted to leave, Jacob held Him back<\/strong>, wanting to receive a blessing from the Angel.<\/p>\n So when the Angel tried to leave, Jacob grabbed Him and pulled Him back. This turned into a wrestling match, but not for fun or to harm each other, or just to test strength<\/strong>, but rather as a form of struggle to receive a blessing!<\/p>\n Genesis 32:24-30<\/strong> However, wrestling seen on modern TV is completely different\u2014it is the devil\u2019s work 100%<\/strong>. That\u2019s why you see wrestlers often half-naked and promoting worldly things.<\/p>\n Therefore, we should not engage in meaningless worldly wrestling<\/strong>. Instead, we should wrestle spiritually, which leads to blessings. Let\u2019s pursue the blessings written in God\u2019s Word (the Bible)<\/strong>. And let us also fight by trampling the enemy, Satan, under our feet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ephesians 6:12-13<\/strong> Maranatha!<\/strong><\/p>\n Please share this good message with others.\u00a0<\/p>\n Do you want me to do that?<\/p>\n\n
\u201c24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob\u2019s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
26 Then the man said, \u2018Let me go, for it is daybreak.\u2019 But Jacob replied, \u2018I will not let you go unless you bless me.\u2019
27 The man asked him, \u2018What is your name?\u2019 \u2018Jacob,\u2019 he answered.
28 Then the man said, \u2018Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.\u2019
29 Jacob asked him, \u2018Please tell me your name.\u2019 But he replied, \u2018Why do you ask my name?\u2019 Then he blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, \u2018It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
\u201c12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n