There are many different philosophies when it comes to
basketball; yet in the end there is always only 1 way to score… the ball must
go through your basket! That is simply the object of the game…
In all of my years of playing and coaching, no one has
ever argued that point. No one has ever tried to convince me that there is
another way to score points. Why? Because Dr. Naismith, the creator of the game
of basketball, designed the game that way.
This simple little truth was on my mind as I strolled
down a gravel/dirt road in La Vega Dominican republic this past Saturday and
looked up at a basketball goal in front of a little church. Painted on the
backboard it read: Solo en Cristo hay salvacion (only in Christ is there
salvation.)
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We live in a world of many philosophies and religious
thoughts…
We live in a world where it is said that we are
intolerant for preaching/teaching salvation in Christ alone; but the creator of
“the game” said that is the only way to “score”!
The reality is that the most loving and caring thing we
can do is tell someone the truth of what God Himself says about the situation…
The reality is that the most tolerant message there is,
is that of salvation in Christ alone to all who will believe… (Do you get
that? It is a universal appeal to all… one’s past, one’s nationality, one’s
race, one’s gender, etc – none of these things exclude one from believing on
Christ to be saved!)
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
Nor is there salvation in any other, for
there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
(Acts 4:12)
We need to be busy about sharing the most loving message
known to man…
God demonstrates His own love toward us, in
that while we were still sinners, Christ dies for us. (Romans 5:8)
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