Keith Battle - Crisis of Faith

One time, I had a professor in Bible College; his name was Dr. Sang Bok Kim, but they called him David because nobody preferred to say Sang Bok. He had a young lady get married in his church against his advice; she was marrying an unsaved guy, and he opposed it. Nevertheless, she went ahead with it. On their wedding day, at the reception, they had an argument. Can you imagine getting into an argument on your wedding day? They had an argument at their wedding reception that spilled over to the hotel that night. Now, this was a young couple; she was a believer, and I believe they had waited until they got married. If you have been waiting and then have an argument on your wedding night, that’s rough right there. Let’s move on; y’all aren’t feeling that because you haven’t waited. What’s so rough about that? What I’m saying is that some people practice abstinence before they get married, and then you all can’t relate to that. So, he was almost out of bed, and she was an outsider; they weren’t even talking to each other. She was crying, and he didn’t know what to do, so he couldn’t recover from it. He sat there, and this is a true story. He opened the desk drawer beside the bed, and you know how they have those Gideon Bibles in there? He took one out because there was nothing else to do; they weren’t going to cut the TV on or anything. He opened the Bible, and it had John 3:16: «For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life.» He closed the Bible and waited. He read it again: «For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life.» He read that verse 19 times, and he was literally transformed right in that hotel room and saved right there—no preacher, no altar call, no ABC prayer, no Romans Road, no «Lord, choo-choo train, God has a plan for your life.» None of those tools; the power of the Word of God transformed his life after the fight. What I’m saying is that this book is that powerful.