What will you choose?

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 to prove  that God couldn't exist.

His  students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable  logic.

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.