The Passion of the Christ

Praise You Lord that You are able to be seen in our secular world.
Praise You that You always reveal Yourself to this darkened world.
Praise You that You save all people, from the beggars to the stars.
Praise You Lord that You died so that ALL may live and share life in You.

This movie was very good. It was pretty accurate, and I think that they did an amazing way of interpreting the scriptures and putting them into a film. There were some parts that were hard to watch, yet it is no where near as gory as it should have been. Jesus was scourged 39 times (3 separate times) - that's a total of 108 scourges at that one time (?). It was illegal to scourge someone 40 times, so they would always punish people 40 - 1. Yet, Jesus was not recognizable as a human. He was the perfect sacrifice - the slaughtered lamb, that the ravenous wolves came and feed upon. Yet, this is the only way our sins could ever be forgiven. I must say it was very hard for me to watch some of the scenes in that movie, yet they don't even really compare to the reality of it. You had it so much worse Jesus. This was the last 12 hours of Christ's life, yet we watched it in two. I don't know how You did it Lord. You truly are an Amazing God. Thank You Lord for all that You did just because there would be no forgiveness of sins without the shedding of blood. Praise You Lord for Your goodness, Your mercy, and Your grace!

Isaiah 53:11b - 12
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.