Posted on 03/20/2016 5:32:56 PM PDT by mrpotatohead
I’ve personally not wished to do this, but the universal reaction of Christian friends who have, is that they are overwhelmed with what Jesus did for them. That’s why He died in a crucifixion, not, e.g., by being stoned. It was openly shocking. Call me a wimp but I am hesitant to eat steak tartare or rare, bloody prime rib, let alone watch this. Some day, I believe, I will see the actual Crucifixion from heaven.
(A secondary reason is that this was made around Roman Catholic theology concerning the occasion, which detail might or might not be right, but goes well beyond the bible in any case. However a plus is that it dares to show the gore that the evangelical Jesus movie sanitized.)
It would have to be. We in this mortal coil could only relate to something that was, more or less, symbolic in form. It was s shocking, gory, drawn-out way to die.
However it’s when we begin to walk the walk of Jesus and start to actually make glad sacrifices in the likeness of His (though of course not within light years of its extent) that we begin to understand more.
And I said glad... “for the JOY set before Him, ENDURED THE CROSS, SCORNING ITS SHAME.” It’s as if Jesus grinned a determined grin at that cross and promised it that it would be conquered, then proceeded to do so even though He had to lay His own life down for the purpose.
It was a passion. A passion of love and willing bearing of pain.
I believe secularist heads are exploding all over the internet and twitter right now
It’s good! May God be glorified! And may many call on the Lord and be saved!
I pray many evangelists will be ready. To explain the point to all the gore, and oh it has a wonderful point. God is saying, He will suffer THIS MUCH to bring you back safely into the embrace of heaven, from the brink of hell, where all humanity went charging towards at the fall of mankind, and shows the signs of it as much as we try to hide it.
Had no idea this was on tonight...thanks for posting about it. From what I’ve seen, it’s very good...different...but good.
Absolutely stunning movie, one of the very best ever made.
Yes, it is. I'll never forget the experience of seeing in a theater as a boy when it was first released.
just did some reading. from 2011 she says she’s proud to be a Christian but they’re not a Christian band.
almost sounded ashamed that an album went to no, 3 on Christian charts.
oh well.
met her boyfriend at Christian camp.
I’d hate to be in a Christian band because I’m a sinner and I’d feel like a hypocrite.
but then there would be no clergy if being a non sinner were the criteria :)
Here’s where the wonderful news kicks in.
You don’t need to be worthy to play Jesus music for an audience, or to preach before it either.
All you need to be is prepared by the grace of God.
The grace of God provides for the washing away of your sins, and you are credited with the righteousness of Christ even before you’ve died and gone to heaven.
It is an amazing deal. Isaiah 53 asks “Who has believed our message?” A lot of people have big difficulties here. They want to earn their way out of hell. They couldn’t. Christ earned it for them, as a gift offered to all who will accept.
I recall someone around here writing some pretty good music :)
I'll tell you what, anything that brings more people to seek out and form a relationship with Jesus Christ is okay with me. Narrow-mindedness is what drove me and others away from the church for many, many years. I was brought back by God's grace 6 years ago and have an incredible relationship with Jesus today. Thank God that He has led me to a Grace based church whose teachings are based on a loving God rather than an angry and vengeful God. God is Love.
With one exception, Christianity was made exclusively for sinners :-) I am a Christian precisely because I am a sinner. If I was not a sinner, I'd have no need of it.
Well, if so this person did so as a saved (and kept) sinner. If there was anything good in it, it came from this person’s Master and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Sinners, and a Savior to save them.
The Savior is the one exception I noted :-)
Nobody should be pushed beyond the boundaries of what he or she can do in faith.
If a movie carries vibes that knock a Christian off spiritual course, that Christian shouldn’t see the movie.
I don’t see it, not because I am narrow minded, but because gore floors me. That would be overdoing the point from my perspective. I already weep just at the thought of what a dedicated sacrifice was made for me. God meant business, He did not footsie around, when He bought my soul.
Figured as much....
Sounds like King’s X. Their albums were all over the Christian charts, then the singer says he’s gay and an atheist with a lot of venom for Christ and Christians. On the flip, I’m a fan of Head East, a secular band. The lead singer, John Schlitt, went on to join Petra and he is now a solo Christian artist. He seems hesitant to talk about his Head East days, which is understandable since he apparently hit rock bottom with the drugs.
And anyhow it’s about faith in a Savior, which the bible shows us, but the bible isn’t the same as this Savior.
I don’t do it because I’m a wimp about gore. Show me a bloody carving of prime rib (Golden Corral is good for something with their premium nights) and it’s like whoo. And that’s a very tiny symbol unto me.
If the movie serves to bring a point home about the events related by the scripture, however, the movie is blessed by God to that purpose. Some people reduce scripture to a sterile intellectual reading of text, like chemistry formulas were being described. Here’s how you make sodium whatsis, this is how you make potassium whatchamacallit. God wants us to embrace Him body, soul, and spirit.
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