This morning I decided to watch 'Unstoppable,' it's a Kirk Cameron movie; and when I got to the point in the movie where he tries to pitch the story of Noah with God as the hero to the Hollywood executives one of them tells Kirk that they can't sell a movie about killing everyone, that people don't want to hear about death or go to the movies and see death. This part of the movie got my mind and spirit stirring for several reasons, one being that I realize death isn't the real issue in selling a truly Biblical movie of Noah, the problem is judgment, God's judgment on the wicked.
It's not that people don't want to go to the movies to see death and destruction, because the reality is the theaters are always filled with gory war movies, slasher flicks, and stories of crimes like murder. Our society eats up these stories, in fact a commonly used phrase associated with the media industry is 'if it bleeds it leads,' people love to see death and violence, and are, in fact, paying to see it. But judgment is altogether different.
We, as a society, hate judgment. We hate to be reminded of what we are doing wrong, we hate to be told that the things we desire are not good for us, we hate to be reminded that we fall short. Society hates to be reminded that they are already dead. That's why its hard to get a Biblically accurate movie made, the world doesn't want to be reminded that without Christ they are already dead. Instead they prefer to go on in blissful ignorance, and deny the truth, especially when it's directly in front of them.
Even as Christians we are all guilty of this at some point and time. We all can confess about a time when someone has corrected us and we got mad about it, whether that person was right or not. So why does judgment bother us so much? Why do we get angry about people telling us what we can't or shouldn't do something? And why is it so much worse when God is the one saying that something is wrong? Pride.
The world hates judgment because we love ourselves, and our sins more than we love God. We hate that God will judge us so we reject Him, we reject His unending truth and forgiveness because we don't want to deal with the sin in our hearts, we don't want to do the things that God wants us to do. We fear His judgment, but deny His living Word, the one thing that could spare us from death. The truth is, if you have not accepted His son and the sacrifice He made for you, you are already dead, and in your spirit you recognize that, so you try to hide from it, just like Adam and Eve in the garden after they ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil.
I could easily continue on from this point, I could write pages on this subject matter using stories from the Bible as examples and testimonials I've heard, but instead I will end here with this verse from Acts 13:38-39 and know that what you do with this knowledge will either lead you out of death and into everlasting life or condemn you. "Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. "
Romans 13:11-14
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
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