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Neither Have You Tasted My Jesus At the
University of Chicago Divinity School each year, they have what is called
"Baptist Day". It is a day when all the Baptists in the area are invited to the
school.
On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic
area. Every "Baptist Day" the school would invite one of the greatest minds to
lecture in the theological education center.
One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr. Tillich spoke for two and one-half
hours proving that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after
scholar and book after book. He concluded that since there was no such thing as
the historical resurrection, the religious tradition of the church was
groundless, emotional mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a relationship with a
risen Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead in any literal sense. He
then asked if there were any questions.
After about 30 seconds, an old, dark-skinned preacher with a head of
short-cropped, woolly white hair stood up in the back of the auditorium.
"Docta Tillich, I got one question," he said as all eyes turned toward him.
He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began eating it.
"Docta Tillich ..." CRUNCH, MUNCH ... "My question is a simple question,
"CRUNCH, MUNCH ..."Now I ain't never read them books you read..."CRUNCH, MUNCH
... "and I can't recite the Scriptures in the original Greek..."CRUNCH, MUNCH
... "I don't know nothin' about Niebuhr and Heidegge..."CRUNCH, MUNCH ... He
finished the apple. "All I wanna know is:
This apple I just ate - was it bitter or sweet?" Dr. Tillich paused for a moment
and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion: "I cannot possibly answer that
question, for I haven't tasted your apple. "The white- haired preacher dropped
the core of his apple into his crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and
said calmly, "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The auditorium
erupted with applause and cheers. Dr. Tillich thanked his audience and promptly
left the platform.
Have you tasted Jesus? In Psalms 34:8 we read: "Taste and see that the LORD is
good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him." If you have, rejoice in the
hope of the resurrection that your faith in Him brings.
by: Mark Dunn
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