Tim Tebow's Critics

Tim Tebow is sometimes criticized for praying in public. Some have even quoted Matthew 6:5,6. Those who quote those verses for the purpose of mocking Tebow are wrong. The key part of Matthew 6:5 is meant to teach us not to be sanctimonious. "THAT THEY MAY BE SEEN OF MEN." Jesus gives us the condition for not praying in public. Tebow does not pray to be seen of men. This is obvious. He prays for strength and to praise and thank God. Public prayer is at times a Christian duty and tradition. If public prayer is not valid, why then does every NFL team have a Christian Chaplain? Public prayer is wrong if it is done for the wrong reasons. Are Tebow's critics qualified to judge what is in a man's heart? "Then Peter said, silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk." (Acts 3:6) God used Peter to heal a man who had never walked in his life. The healed man was over 40 years of age. He did it through public prayer. Our relationship with God is a relationship that produces power. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." The problem with many of Tebow's critics is that they have religion, but they do not have the Holy Ghost.