Another Night at the Theater

Here are a couple of interesting experiences I had while I was handing out tracts a the _Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe_ movie.

First, an observation; Smokers tend to be very chatty, and open individuals. See this as an opportunity from the LORD.

As I stood in the cold, just outside the side exit door, handing out tracts and shivering, several smokers came a lit up near me. Two men, stood by me. I asked them if they had seen _The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe_ movie? They said, "no, we're just going in now." They asked what I was giving out. I told them "They're the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Gospel Tracts." What's that? they asked. This is how to have real-life eternal life, and go to heaven. I said, "I don't want to give away the movie, so I shouldn't give you one now." They went off and finished their smokes. When they came back by, they said "Go ahead and give me one." I said, "you promise not to read it until after you see the movie?" Sure they responded. So I gave them one, and they stuck it in their pocket and went into the theater.

Another incident was very interesting. I saw a couple in their early twenties come out of the theater, and they were bantering back and forth to each other and using foul language in the process. Then they came over next to where I was standing and lit up cigarettes. I asked the guy if they had seen _The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_? He said, what's that? I said its a movie. Are you going to see it? I asked. He said, No probably not, because I don't even know what it is. Then the guy got on the phone and started talking, while his girlfriend just stood there leaning against a pole and puffing her cigarette. After a while, she said, what are you handing out. I said "They're _The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_ Gospel tracts. She just looked at me blankly and said what's a Gospel tract? I said, it tells how to have eternal life, and go to heaven when you die. Are you going to heaven when you die? I asked. She nodded her head, and said yes. And you know that how? I asked. She pointed to her heart and said I know. I said, what do you mean by that? She said, I believe in my heart... I'm a good person.

I said, can we test that, to see if you are a good person? She said yeah, sure. Have you ever told a lie? Yeah. What does that make you? Not a bad person, she said. What would you call me if I lied to you? Not a bad person. Come on, it starts with an "L", I said. You wouldn't be a liar if you just told one lie. Okay, have you ever stolen anything in your life. No. Not even cheated on a test or downloaded music that wasn't legal. Nope. Okay.

Have you ever used the LORD's name in vain? What's that mean? Have you ever said G.D. or J.C? Yeah, everybody does it, but that doesn't make me a bad person. That's called blashphemy. When I read it in the Bible, it blew me away, because it says, "Whoever uses the LORD's name in vain, God will not hold him guiltless." I'm still not a bad person, she said.

I said, if you were in court, and had been convicted of a crime, and all the evidence was in, and you were guilty, and you were standing before the judge. You had even admitted that you were guilty, do you think the judge would let you go, if you told him, but I'm a good person? No, she answered

As she was walking away, she said, "I'm still not a bad person."

God bless...