Friday, October 16, 2009

Faith in a box

A movie titled The Box is scheduled for release on November 6, 2009. The plot sounds pretty intriguing:

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. - from imdb.com

The storyline raises an intriguing moral dilemma: what would You do if the box was delivered to your doorstep, and all you had to do to collect a million dollars was to simply press the button ... knowing in advance that your decision would cost a stranger his life?

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In real life, we've received the gift of eternal life through Christ and all we have to do is push the Witness button to share it.

But what happens to human beings all over the world who don't know Christ, people we'll never meet or need to impress, if we insist upon hiding our faith away in a box ... and refuse to push the button?