Thursday, March 27, 2014

My thought's on the movie Noah

I don't usually take on the controversial especially when my remarks run the risk of upsetting so many in my own camp. None the less... Most of the world, it seems, is aware that the latest work out of Hollywood, Noah, is hitting the big screen. Of course, there have been comments from both sides of the fence about the movie. However, the comments that strike me the most, are the ones from believers I know and love, shouting about the movie not being true to the Bible. I guess the question I have is, why did you honestly expect it ever would be?  Hollywood has never produced a movie, inspired by the Bible, that was consistent with the Bible.  All of them have taken artistic license and none of them have stayed true to the text. (Okay The Passion of the Christ came close.) I guess the big question is why are so many Christians expecting non-Christians to act like Christians?  To my knowledge none of the people involved with the making of the movie Noah have claimed any belief in Christ. In fact, some have gone so far, as to step as far away from that belief as possible.  Why can't we take this movie for the opportunity that it is? An opportunity to open a conversation about the Bible.  Non-Christians by their very nature lack the instruction of the Holy Spirit to bring about understanding when reading the Bible.  The only logical conclusion that any believer can come to is when a non-believer reads the Scriptures, Satan will have the upper hand when it comes to bringing about understanding.  Now that's not to say that the Holy Spirit can't speak through the darkness and shed light on a soul desperately needing living water.  But that is to say that Satan is in the business of doing everything he can to disguise, hide, and thwart the truth.  Don't get me wrong I do believe it is the responsibility of believers to use the scriptures as the light unto the path that it are.  But can someone please explain to me the evangelistic method that's being employed whenever we shout at nonbelievers for being nonbelievers?  Yelling at Hollywood and being furious at them for creating a movie about a biblical story that is not in line with that biblical story is only going to serve to widen the gap that would need to be crossed to reach the lost.  Should conversations be had about this movie's inaccuracies?  Yes! However, I believe those conversations should happen over cups of coffee and dinners with the family, after all those involved in the conversation, have had a chance to see the movie.  Take those opportunities to point out where the movie misses the mark biblically and use the movie as an opportunity to show the Bible for the work of truth that it is. Hollywood is not the evangelistic arm of Christianity. The Bible says the church has that job. We've got to take the  ministry of evangelism to heart and action.  Expecting Hollywood to win the world to Christ only leads to a darker darkness.

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