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Most of us will see The Passion movie over the next few days. I will be viewing it Friday night. I would love to have us weigh on this one question:
Will this movie have an impact on unbelievers/unchurched? What kind of impact?
WaterCarriers suggests that it will only have an impact on unbelievers who we, as Christians, are already in relationship with:
I believe that if you are living in authentic relationship with unbelievers then take them and this film will cause great discussions and maybe with God’s Grace some will come to truly know Him. But please don’t take those you are not living missionally among. This movie is about a relationship and friends. Take one to see it!
This is a house church thought. Impacting others is about relationship. Can a movie transform people without this?
Come back to this site after you see the movie. Share your thought on: What kind of impact will it have on the non-Christian?
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Comments
5 responses to “The Passion Movie”
My 2-cents worth. Movies similar to this one has brought thousands to accept yahshua as their personal saviour in India.
We should expect the same with this movie and we should pray for those who have the opportunity to accept Yahshua as their personal Saviour.
The time grows near brother and sisters.
Its not that I don’t think people will come to Faith. I just think the majority of those that come to Faith because of this movie will be those already in the church. I believe it will be those who sit week after week in all types of fellowship gatherings weather they be Traditional, House, Emerging/Postmodern (FILL IN THE BLANK) Church. And if that happens then we may see wide spread revival in our time, because it will cause the church to go into all the world and live incarnationally among those we live and work with daily.
May It be so Lord! AMEN
Peace
I am skeptical about the commercialization of the Gospel message. I have trouble with the amount of hype that has surrounded this movie. I may see the movie at some time, but I’m not rushing out and taking all of the unsaved people I know.
I feel that this type of hype creates belief while the hype lasts, but long-term faith takes a deeper understanding of God than a movie can give.
We, as believers, need to be ready and available to answer questions that may arise from this movie.
I do feel that the mere fact that this movie was made shows a “ripeness” in our country for revival.
We should take this movie as a signal to engage the world around us. We should begin to make intimate connections with people and show them the Love of Christ.
If this movie starts the conversation then I guess it will have succeeded.
Gibson is brilliant. He makes a movie as violent as any can be (see Road Warrior, Braveheart, Patriot his previous and also violent)on a topic sure to have builtin audience appeal. He might want to make the life story movies of Idi Amin, Castro, Stalin, Hitler, Duvalier next. Special effects such as animatronics, Felini-like satan character make for entertainment. Gibson’s piety plays well with audience of believers. Andy Rooney is correct. “How much will you make from the crucifixion of Jesus?”
The scriptures say, “My word will not return unto me void.” The words of Jesus quoted, may be the most important thing about this movie. As I recall, all the words were in what was believed to be the language spoken at the time so one had to read the captions. That may have been a problem for many. Any movie I have seen about Jesus was lacking. How could an actor capture Him acurately