to Say "Jesus"
happened just a few years ago at USC.
There was a professor committed atheist.
His Primary goal for one
required class was to spend the
entire semester attempting to prove that God
doesn'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, had argured in class at times, but
no one had ever 'really gone against him'
(you'll see what I mean later).
Nobody would go against him because he had a
reputation. At the end of every semester, on
the last day, he would say his class of 300
students, "If there's 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 pieve 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 didn'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
skirt cuff, onto the pleats of his pants, down
his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the ground,
it simply rooled 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 about God's love for them and
of his power through Jesus.
"Yet to all who received HIM, to those who
believed in HIS name, HE gave the right to
become children of God-Children born not of
natural descent, nor of human devision or a
husband's will, but born of God."
(John 1:12-13)
"But HE knows the way that I take. When
HE has tested me, I will come forth as
gold." (Job 23:10)