Brooklyn Nets small forward Michael Porter Jr. declared “Jesus is the only way” in a conversation with Muslim streamer Mikyle Rafiq, known online as N3on.
According to Crosswalk Headlines, faith came into the six-hour livestream after Rafiq raised his concerns about AI and how it is going to impact the world.
“The world’s just, it’s evil, bro. Make sure you’re right with God, man — not just any God. Make sure you’re right with Jesus Christ,” Porter told Rafiq.
Rafiq, who said he’s a Muslim, also said he respects all religions and even encouraged his viewers to pray.
“But what if the God that they’re praying to is the wrong God?” Porter asked.
“But everyone worships the same God, no?” Rafiq said.
“No,” the NBA player responded before presenting the gospel to Rafiq, along with the over 300,000 people who have already watched the livestream.
“The biggest difference is Christians think that Jesus is the only way to heaven,” the athlete explained. “He died for our sins. … We’re all sinners, and if we believe in Him, He saved us, and we get to go to heaven. Other religions don’t think He’s the way to heaven. So what if one of the religions is wrong?”
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“The world is an evil, scary place, and we’re all gonna die one day. What if you’re on the wrong side of that fence, and then we spend, you spend, eternity in hell?” Porter said.
When he asked if Rafiq was scared of death, he responded, “That’s my number one fear.”
Porter recalled a conversation with a Muslim Uber driver who said none of them know if they’re going to heaven.
“We just try to live our best and be a good person, and then we’re all scared, and then we die, and we cross our fingers,” Porter remembered the driver said.
But Christians do have certainty.
“Christianity’s the only religion where it’s like none of us can be good enough to go to heaven, ’cause we’ve all sinned,” Porter explained. “We’ve all done bad things, and someone else came and died for us and forgave us of our sins. That’s why I’m so secure in the fact that I’m going to heaven, and that’s why I’m not scared of death.”
“Someone else did it for me. Jesus died on the cross for us, dog,” he emphasized.
Porter doesn’t shy away from sharing the urgent message of the gospel.
“At the end of the day basketball doesn’t matter. Money doesn’t matter. Fame doesn’t matter. The most important thing is a relationship with God,” Porter said in 2024.
Like Porter, we should boldly proclaim the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection, no matter who’s listening.
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