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TAKES GUTS, BUT THE BLESSING IS TO THE ZEALOUS November
1999 This
story must have some sort of God-given power in it that we were not expecting.
We KNOW it is true, so we know it should get the attention of Bible believers.
BUT, somewhere, some God hater did NOT like the story. In rage, they
started a report going in E-Mail that the title of this article concealed a virus.
Well, many of our readers were at first startled. Then we and they realized
that the story hit hard. Satan and his servants will do anything to destroy
the blessings and joys of the Gospel and its victories. There is NO virus
by the above title. :-) It
Takes Guts to Say "Jesus" This is a true story of something that happened just
a few years ago at USC. There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply
committed atheist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire
semester attempting to prove that God couldn't exist. His students were always
afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic.
For twenty years, he had
taught this class and no one had ever had the courage to go against him. Sure,
some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever 'really gone against him'
Nobody would go against him because he had a reputation. At the end of every semester,
on the last day, he would say to his class of 300 students, "If there is anyone
here who still believes in Jesus, stand up!" In twenty years, no one had ever
stood up. They
knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "because anyone who does believe
in God is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting
the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that he is God, and yet he
can't do it." And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the
classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the students could
do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were convinced that God couldn't
exist.
Certainly, a number of christians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they
had been too afraid to stand up. Well, a few years ago, there was a freshman who
happened to get enrolled in the class. He was a Christian, and had heard the stories
about this professor. He had to take the class because it was one of the required
classes for his major and he was afraid. But for 3 months that semester, he prayed
every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor
said or what the class thought.
Nothing they said or did could ever shatter his faith, he hoped. Finally the day
came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God,
stand up!" The professor and the class of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as
he stood up at the back of the classroom.
The professor shouted, "You FOOL!! If God existed, he could keep this piece of
chalk from breaking when it hit the ground!" He proceeded to drop the chalk, but
as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleats
of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the ground, it simply
rolled away, unbroken. The professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the chalk.
He looked up at the young man and then ran out of the lecture hall.
The young man who had stood
up proceeded to walk to the front of the room and share his faith in Jesus for
the next half hour. 300 students stayed and listened as he told of God's love
for them and of his power through Jesus.
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