The man in the U V was Jesus or an angel sent by God to minister to troy.

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Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
Karen Carter '74



> Here is an unusual testimony we heard in our home Friday night.  Sandy,
> Vicki, and Lelia were there and heard it, too.  Tell me who you think the
> man was in the story.
>
>      Troy is an X convict who has been out of prison for 11 years.
> For most of his life, he has been an alcoholic and a drug addict.
> Three months ago, one of the men in our Friday night prayer group
> meetings led Troy to Christ in one of his men's Bible studies.
> Troy is a house builder by trade and a good one, too.  He has been
> coming on Friday nights to our prayer meeting since he was born
> again.
>
>      Troy has been able to enter a drug rehab residential
> Christian home within walking distance of our home.  This home is
> not required by law but his common law wife of many years, gets
> him so mad at times, he leaves the house and goes on a three day
> drunk or drug binge.  So, he moved into this Christian drug home
> to try and stay sober.  He has been since he was born again, too.
>
>      The other night, he and his roommate at the rehab home got
> into an argument.  Troy left the house to go for a walk to try and
> calm down.  He walked so far away, he decided to take a bus home.
> It was after midnight and the only place open in that part of town
> that he could see was a liquor store.  He went in and asked for
> change for a five dollar bill so he could use change to ride the
> bus home.  As the man made change for him, Troy looked around at
> all the bottles and said, "Yeah, I used to be an alcoholic but I
> became a Christian so I don't drink any more."  The guy said,
> "Well, how long have you been dry?"  Troy told him three months.
> The man said, "Well, then I would say it is time for you to have a
> drink."  He talked Troy into buying a pint.
>
>      Walking home, Troy kept thinking and praying.  As he walked,
> he tossed the unopened bottle into the air and caught it over and
> over again.  As he walked, an Indian, who had just moved to
> Denver, stopped him on the street.  Troy told him his testimony
> but he was having trouble deciding what to do about the bottle.
> The Indian said, "Just keep praying, man, just keep on praying,"
> and they parted ways.
>
>      As he prayed, he knew, if he removed the cap, he would be a
> drunk again and his whole life would probably be ruined.
>
>      Just then, he cross the opening of a dark alley.  A voice out
> of the darkness said, "Hey, what are you doing?"  Troy said, "Oh,
> I'm just walking home.  "What's that you have in your hand?"
> Troy said, "I just bought a pint and was going to drink it but I
> became a Christian three months ago and if I drink this, I'll
> probably just go back to my old lousy way of living."  the man
> came closer and said, "I'm a Christian, too.  You don't need that
> bottle.  Did you open it?"  Troy admitted he had not opened the
> bottle and wasn't going to.  The man said, "Come on with me.  I'll
> give you a ride home.  The last thing you need is that bottle."
> Troy argued with the man about just taking the bus but the man
> insisted.  Troy is no little man and he isn't afraid of much so
> he walked down the alley to the man's car.  It was a brand new Ta
> ho.  He took Troy home and kept the bottle that Troy gave him.
>
>      So who was this man with the new S U V in the middle of the
> night who claimed to be a Christian.  Another drunk, possibly?
> If so, he didn't need to bum a pint of whisky off of Troy if he
> was driving a brand new 40,000 dollar sport utility vehicle.  So
> who was he?
>
> Phil.
>