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It takes guts to say "Jesus"

           This is a true story of some thing happend just a few years ago at university of Sothern California

           There was a professor of philosophy in the university who was a deeply committed atheist . His primary goal for one required class was to send the entire semester attempting to prove that God could' t exit. 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 courage to go against him .

            Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever really gone against him because he had a reputation.

            At the end of everry semester, on the last day, he woulsd say to the class of 300 students, " If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand up!" IN twenty years, nobody ever stood up. They knew what he was he was going to do next . He would say, "Because any one 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 he is God, and yet he can't do it". And every year he would drop the on to the floor of the classroom and it could shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the students could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were conviced that God could'nt exist.

             Certainly, a number of Christians hsd slipped through, but for 20 years they had been too afraid to stand up. Well, a few years ago there was a freshman who happend to get enrolled in the class. He was a Christain, and 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 three months that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have 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 come. The professor said, " If there is any one 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 room. The professor shouted, "YOU FOOL! If nothing I have said all semester has conviced you that God doesn't exist, then you are a fool ! If God existed, he could keep this 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, on to the pleats of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. And 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 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.

               "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 decision or a husband's will, but born of God".

               But He knows the way that I take, when HE has tested me, I will come forth as gold". Job 23: 10