What can I say other than the world has a very warped vision. I just went on a date night with Kent to see a movie. The Dark Knight. I was confronted with Jesus Christ in a different "light" - through evaluating this movie. I liked Batman Begins but this one . . . My heart broke at the message the world accepts so easily. It can all seem so dark.
Was it a sin to watch the movie - no but was it something to edify Jesus Christ? No. It is just that our mind is an incredible thing that NEVER forgets anything. Greater than ANY computer or any type of technology I couldn't help but think . . . scripture.
I thought of how the human heart is deceitful above all things who can fathom it. . . (Jeremiah) and many things through out scripture. I can't help but think of how I/we must be careful of how we live, and what we watch. Ephesians 5 puts it best. "Be VERY careful, then, how you live-not as UNWISE but as WISE, making the most of every opportunity, because the days ARE EVIL. Therefore (what is it there for?) do not be foolish, but understand what the LORD'S will is. . .." keep reading his TRUTH.
Mankind is so searching for Jesus Christ and will put anything in HIS place in the void of our lives to fill it, even though we are designed to be complete ONLY IN HIM, Life is full of mixed messages. But the only message that really matters is the fact the Jesus Christ came to be the ONLY one who can save me, us! He is the only HERO ever to fulfill that vacuum of emptiness with in our heart and soul. Until we can grasp Jesus . . . we keep trying to fill it with anything and still fill the void. The Dark Knight . . . he was empty trying to fill the chaos of Gotham. He . . . needed the true PEACE and really never found it and never really gave true answers for anyone around him or in his life. I know it is just a movie. But what is the underlying message? Does good victor? Hum . . .. Was there any "trust" left in any thing? or anyone for that matter?
All I know with all my heart is that after watching this fictional film; is that I am glad that my real HERO is Victorious and I know the outcome. Now more than anything I know I don't want those who are in the circles I am in to Die for all eternity. The world is Evil BUT the Good is in the "Good News of the gospel of Jesus Christ" and I will . . ."submit to one another out of the reverence for Christ." No matter my outcome because one day I am going HOME with the VICTOR and I am going to take as many as I can with me for all eternity! GOOD WILL FULLY PREVAIL, and there is no "joking" about that! . . . I know and believe that with all my heart despite the wickedness of mans' heart we need and grasp the Love of Christ if we are just willing to. Because Jesus desires NONE to perish! I pray their eyes will be open to see HIS GOOD through His TRUTH and not the evil of this world reguardless of what the "world" shares so openly.
