VFTP CHURCH WRITING. Disqualified By Samantha TV

Disqualified

On the topic of disqualification, a popular American sport comes to mind, the game of basketball. What are the different ways one can be disqualified in a game of basketball? There are a few ways that come to mind.

The first has to do with unsportsmanlike conduct. Every now and then you will hear the referee call out a "flagrant foul". What does that mean? This is my Google Assistant’s take on a flagrant foul: In basketball, a flagrant foul is a personal foul that involves excessive or violent contact that could injure the fouled player. A flagrant foul may be unintentional or purposeful; the latter type is also called an "intentional foul" in the NBA.

The second way one may be disqualified is by totally disrespecting the referees. A player may unrelentingly question a referee’s call, anger displayed in words and body language.

The third way a player can be disqualified in the game of basketball is if he or she commits 6 personal fouls. When that happens, the player fouls out and so has to leave the court.

This is how disqualification goes in the game of basketball. There are consequences for doing something wrong.

As it is in the game of basketball, so it is in life. There are consequences for wrongdoing. In addition, there are consequences for failing to do something.

The Bible is very clear about sin and about its consequences. In Romans 3:23, we read, “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” And sin has a penalty: “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).But thank God it doesn’t end there: “Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins” (Romans 3:24).

By embracing what Christ has done on our behalf, we can be freed from the death penalty: “And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life” (1 John 5:11-12).

My dear friends, you don’t have to stay disqualified from eternal life. You can enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through a simple prayer, asking Him to come into your life, because we have this promise from God’s word: “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12).