We may resist God, question...
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We may resist God, question him, and argue with him; but eventually there comes a time of submission, when the logic and love of God wins out, because we know within our hearts that God is right, just, and our only hope.
Robert Lamont once told the story of a Moscow play, called "Christ In Tuxedo," a blasphemous comedy that irreverently portrayed priests and nuns as gluttonous drunkards. It featured a young actor who mockingly depicted Christ as throwing away his scriptures and faith for a tuxedo and top hat.
The young man's part called for him to enter the stage wearing a robe and carrying a Bible. He then read two verses of the Sermon on the Mount, tossed the Bible to the floor, stripped off his robe, and cried out, "Give me my tuxedo and top hat!" The audience roared at the parody, which condemned Christianity and promoted atheism.
One evening, however, things did not go as expected. The young actor came out, began to read the verses, but did not stop. Ignoring the signals from the other actors and the directors, he finished the entire fifth chapter of Matthew, as the audience sat in stunned silence. The actor then made the sign of the cross in the Russian Orthodox tradition, and dropped to his knees, crying out in the prayer of the penitent thief, "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"
The scriptures had penetrated the hardness of an unbeliever's heart and another soul had submitted to the persuasion of God.
Robert Lamont once told the story of a Moscow play, called "Christ In Tuxedo," a blasphemous comedy that irreverently portrayed priests and nuns as gluttonous drunkards. It featured a young actor who mockingly depicted Christ as throwing away his scriptures and faith for a tuxedo and top hat.
The young man's part called for him to enter the stage wearing a robe and carrying a Bible. He then read two verses of the Sermon on the Mount, tossed the Bible to the floor, stripped off his robe, and cried out, "Give me my tuxedo and top hat!" The audience roared at the parody, which condemned Christianity and promoted atheism.
One evening, however, things did not go as expected. The young actor came out, began to read the verses, but did not stop. Ignoring the signals from the other actors and the directors, he finished the entire fifth chapter of Matthew, as the audience sat in stunned silence. The actor then made the sign of the cross in the Russian Orthodox tradition, and dropped to his knees, crying out in the prayer of the penitent thief, "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"
The scriptures had penetrated the hardness of an unbeliever's heart and another soul had submitted to the persuasion of God.
