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Since yesterday I have been thinking more about this week and Easter since I saw the movie Passion of Christ.
I think I have a better understanding of what happen to Christ so many years ago. SOmetime words doesnt sink into our brains unless we see a visual picture.
THe movie made me realize what he did for me. Now I have to work for him. With his love and guidance, I will change.
Sorry Lord for what I have sins....
You paid your life for my sins....
Please forgive me,
Luc

Easter is not a holiday for easter chocolates, of gifts, it is to celebrate life. I hope on Sunday that you will celebrate life with family members that are special to you.
 
to a MOST BLESSED LUC...

all you say is true, HOWEVER, it was a "MOVIE" about Mel Gibson's version of what transpired, and though VERY POWERFUL and moving, and violent, and believable, the facts cannot necessarily be confirmed as portrayed.
Mike
 
When the Pope went to a private screening of the film, among his statements to the Vatican Historian present was "It is as it was"

That's good enough for me
 
Luc, many may try to minimize the truth of what happened to Jesus by focusing too much on exactness. Trying to replicate what happened to Jesus perfectly is not as important as grasping the spirit of what happened to Him. It seems the Spirit of God is drawing you to Himself. Regardless of the movie, Jesus did pay the ultimate price for you. All the movie did was make you realize it.
 
mIKEY,
I do nderstand it was a movie and it is a vision of what Mel Gibson believe to be. No matter what, it did make a lot of people think. It also brough a lot of people together and it brought lots of people to view it even if they don't attend church.
I even seen young adults at the viewing here, that have not attended a church service for a while.
I think Mel a gutsy move and prove to many people who turned him away on the movie idea.
To all a blessed and safe holiday
with friends and family
Luc
 
His Life His Death His Resurection

While there have been many movies about His life, this movie focused on His Death, the most important event was one of the last scenes which depicted the fact that "HE IS RISEN"! This can be confirmed by written history and the fact that the tomb is empty! The movie depicted the suffering He went through for us, more personally for ME. Imagine that, for ME.
Thanks Luc for sharing your heart.
My new life started 28 years ago after this long haired, dope smokin, foosball playin, Lonestar drinkin hippy type heard a sermon on the crucifixion of Christ on the east side of Houston.

To those questioning the movie and the whole Christian thing. I would love the opportunity to share how my life was changed and how I know absolutely for sure that if I were to die today, I know I would go to heaven.

PS nothing wrong with foosball.;)
 
Mikey,

The canon (assembled Christian Bible) was in use as a collection as soon as 100AD, but not made official until the 300's.

Did you know the Bible texts we have today are more accurate than the copies of Shakespeare's writings we have? How amazing that God would preserve His Word for us 2000 years later.
 
Something else that just came to mind and I wanted to share ...

Much was said about Mel's movie being Anti-Jewish in it's portrayal of the last hours of Christ's life, and his mock-trial. In studying Luke 22-23 the past couple weeks our pastor reminded us that Christ was tried twice, each trial having 3 phases: The first trial at the hands of the Jewish leaders, representing their people, and the second and final trial by the Romans - the icons of the gentile world, representing "the rest of us." The whole world condemned Christ that day, no one came out of it guiltless except Jesus Himself.
 
The Bible consists of a collection of sixty-six separate books. These books were chosen, after a bit of haggling, by the Catholic Council of Carthage in 397 A.D.--more than three hundred years after the time of Jesus. This collection is broken into two major sections: The Old Testament, which consists of thirty-nine books, and The New Testament, which consists of twenty-seven books. (Catholic Bibles include an additional twelve books known as the Apocrypha.)

The Old Testament is concerned with the Hebrew God, Yahweh, and purports to be a history of the early Israelites. The New Testament is the work of early Christians and reflects their beliefs about Jesus; it purports to be a history of what Jesus taught and did.

The composition of the various books began in about 1000 B.C. and continued for more than a thousand years. Much oral material was included. This was repeated from father to son, revised over and over again, and then put into written form by various editors. These editors often worked in different locales and in different time periods and were usually unaware of each other. Their work was primarily intended for local use and it is unlikely that any author foresaw that his work would be included in a "Bible."

No original manuscripts exist. There is probably not one book which survives in anything like its original form. There are hundreds of differences between the oldest manuscripts of any one book. These differences indicate that numerous additions and alterations were made to the originals by various copyists and editors.

Many biblical authors are unknown. Where an author has been named, that name has sometimes been selected by pious believers rather than given by the author himself. The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, are examples of books which did not carry the names of their actual authors. The present names were assigned long after these four books were written. In spite of what the Gospel authors say, biblical scholars are now almost unanimously agreed that none of the Gospel authors was either a disciple of Jesus or an eyewitness to his ministry.

Although some books of the Bible are traditionally attributed to a single author, many are actually the work of multiple authors. Genesis and John are two examples of multiple authorship.
 
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