Friday, February 11, 2011

Trading eternity for $30k

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money." (Matthew 6:24 ESV)

Roger Hershey is a regular circuit speaker with Campus Crusade for Christ. He works at Penn State now, but he was my Campus Director at Miami University for three years. He tells the story of sharing his faith with a local video store owner. Hersh (that’s what we called him) presented the gospel to this man. The guy seemed convinced that Jesus was the God-Man, able to save those who put their trust in him. At the end of the conversation, the man said that he wanted to become a Christian. But he just couldn’t bring himself to do it.

Hersh asked him what was holding him back. He said, “I know that if I begin to follow Jesus, he will ask me to stop selling X rated videos. I make $30,000/year in pornographic video sales. I can’t give that up.”

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