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 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. 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.
    I pray you will choose option 2.
    Sometimes all we have to do is STANDUP.

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