As it happened he parked his car in front of the courthouse in Kaikohe, got out of the car and while we were both crossing the road I called after him,” Sir, are you a Christian?” His answer was in the affirmative. I inquired further,” How do I know that you are a Christian? Have a guess!” He replied,” I don’t know off hand.” I saw in his face that he was a bit at a loss for an answer. As this man was a complete stranger to me I did not want to keep him in suspense unnecessarily and said to him,” I know because I saw an ALPHA sticker on the back of your car.”

Most of you I am sure are familiar with the ALPHA Course run by Churches. One man I knew ran a course like this and people came to the Lord through the event.

But back to my man in front of the courthouse.

As we went along on the footpath a bright smile came to his face. He was a

middle aged man. A very pleasant man indeed.

Upon my question where he was from his answer was,” From Kerikeri.” I suspected already that he was not from Kaikohe. Further I asked him,” Are you born again?” “Yes,” was his quick reply. I gave him a clap on his right shoulder and said, “Praise the Lord!”

We both kept on walking and smiling and then parted company. I think he had business at the courthouse and I went along my way in the direction to the warehouse in Kaikohe.

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