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