The
headline read: “Dublin crowd erupts as Premier League dart player throws
first perfect 9-dart leg in 3 years.” Last Thursday in a darts
competition in Dublin, Ireland, Michael Smith became the first Premier
League player in three years to throw a nine-dart leg.
What is
a nine-dart leg?
According to an entry in Wikipedia,
“A nine-dart finish, also known as a nine-darter, is a perfect leg in
the sport of darts, using only
nine darts, the fewest possible, to check out from 501. It is difficult
to achieve, even for the game's top professionals, and is considered the
highest single-game achievement in the sport, similar to …a 300-point
game in bowling.”
Nick Schwartz explains: “If
you’re not familiar with darts, a nine-darter is the peak of perfection.
In each ‘leg’ of the match, players try to reduce their total from 501
to zero in as few turns as possible. A perfect leg requires nine darts
in total – but it’s incredibly rare to see a nine-darter occur in a
televised major tournament.
Smith made it look easy.
After ripping off a pair of 180s, Smith hit his triple-20, triple-19,
double-12 combination so quickly that it took the crowd a moment to
realize what had just happened.”
There has only been one
person who has ever achieved a nine-darter when it comes to living a
perfectly righteous life: Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
No one else has ever hit
a “nine-darter” spiritual speaking, and no one ever will. “For all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We have all
“missed the mark” – the literal meaning of the word “sinned” in Romans
3:23.
Because we have sinned,
we are disqualified. We can’t go to heaven. We’re destined for hell.
But Jesus entered the scene.
“For God so
loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16 ESV).
In terms
of darts, Jesus hit the “nine-darter.” He’s the only one that could.
Then He went to the cross and died for OUR sins so that we can be
saved and receive the gift of eternal life.
The Apostle Paul put it this way: “God made Him (Jesus)
who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the
righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV).
To be found “in Him,” we must place our
faith
and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from sin in
repentance
(Acts 17:30-31),
confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be
baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). Then,
as we continue to walk in the light of His Word, His atoning blood
continues to wash us from our sins (1 John 1:7-9).
Christ hit the only “nine-darter” spiritually speaking
and then He died for all who could never win, so that we can share in
His victory.
Won’t YOU accept His offer?
--
David A. Sargent
* Information gleaned from “Dublin crowd erupts as
Premier League dart player throws first perfect 9-dart leg in 3 years”
by Brie Stimson,
www.foxnews.com,
“Darts
crowd, announcers explode over first Premier League 9-darter since 2017”
by Nick Schwartz,
www.usatoday.com, and entry for “Nine-dart
Finish” in
www.wikipedia.org.
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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