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 because of his
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
believes 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 would do nothing
but stop and stare
Most of the students thought 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 enroll
He was a Christian, and had
heard the stories about his
professor
He was required to take the
class for his major, and he was
afraid
But for three 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 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
The professor shouted, "You FOOL!!!
If God existed, he would 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 pleat 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,
proceeded
to walk
To the front of the room and
shared
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
You have 2 choices
1. Delete this and never look at it
again
2. Pass this along to your Christian
and non-Christian friends
Giving
them
encouragement we all need every
day
When you choose option 2, you have
chosen to STAND UP
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