Devotionals

---

Back around 1998 during my Hollywood days I took care of my mother who lived with me in my studio apartment at 2018 N. Highland Ave. I was pursuing an acting career and during that time I was listening to a radio station that had a lot of motivational material by various speakers and authors.

One name stuck in my mind- Paul J. Meyer. Mr. Meyer started Success Motivational Institute.

Mr. Meyer's tells of a story called "The Black Door."

Which would you choose the known or the unknown?

Well, in the story a spy is captured during a desert war. The wise old warlord, who sentences him to death, gives him the choice to either face a quick death by the firing squad or take his chances by passing through a mysterious black door. Minutes before the execution, the warlord asks the frightened spy,

"What have you chosen: the firing squad or the black door?"

Imagining terrible torture behind the massive black door, the spy tells the warlord that he chooses the firing squad. Moments later, rifle shots signal his death.

The old warlord turns to his aide and says,

"You see how it is with people? They will always prefer the known to the unknown. That man went quietly to his death though I gave him a choice."

"What lies beyond the black door?" asks the aide.

"Freedom," replies the warlord, "and I've known very few men brave enough to take it."


The "moral" of this story is:

Even the heathen know that there is only one door that will save all from death, if we choose to walk through it.

"Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved" John 10:7-9






Carlton Pruitt ministers the gospel to the Los Angeles area.
Formerly a Hollywood actor (SAG member) and junk removal expert he now spends most of his time studying the scriptures, writing articles, hymns and poems and doing street preaching.

See all his videos on https://www.YouTube.com/user/LAStreetPreacher

CONTACT at [email protected]

---

PLEASE ENCOURAGE AUTHOR BELOW LEAVE COMMENT ON ARTICLE