The Confession

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 he 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 at the
back of the classroom.
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. Have a nice day !!!