Another (Embarrassing) Day In The Life (Part 1)
Anyway, as the day started I headed down to Otto the electrician guy in my neighborhood. I didn't have an electric problem, I was just wanting to spend some time with Otto, anxious to see what he thought about the Jesus film I had given him earlier. I headed down to his shop and we made conversation for a while, and the topic of religion came up. We talked for a while, and Otto was getting more and more upset as we talked. We talked about Jesus and what He did, how I don't accept Mohamed as a prophet, and how Otto doesn't accept the Jesus found in the Bible. He argued that he accepts all the prophets, even Jesus, while I'm more close-minded. Then I dropped the J-bomb on him. It went something like this:
Otto - "I accept Jesus. Why don't you accept Mohamed?"
Me - "You don't accept the Jesus of the Bible."
Otto - "What do you mean?"
Me - "According to the Bible, Jesus isn't just a prophet. Jesus is God."
BAM!! After I said that, Otto got up without saying a word and went into the back room of his shop where I couldn't see him. He stayed back there for like 5 minutes(!), then came out and started fiddling with some stuff in his shop. We talked about football for about 5 minutes before I left. It was really awkward, but I count it as a victory. Otto got to hear truth, and even though the last thing I said probably didn't go over so well, he had the chance to hear truth. Encouraged, I left his shop headed straight to Dustin's sandwich shop for a chicken sandwich and some conversation...
