The evangelism committee organised a screening of the Gospel of John movie today which was a real blessing for all who attended - well it was for me anyway. It wasn't just because we had a coffee machine (courtesy of Jason), fresh hot cross buns and good fellowship, the movie itself was really, really good. What better way to spend Good Friday than watching the book of John come alive through the screen, and really seeing WHY Good Friday is SO good.
I found that the movie brought to my attention a lot of verses that I had never really taken notice of. I would hear one of the lines in the movie and think - huh, I've never realised such and such. So it was pretty cool for that reason alone. But what was also really cool was seeing Jesus' ministry while He walked on earth. It just made me think - how COOL would it have been to be one of the Disciples and just follow Christ around and hear all the things that He said for the first time.
I mean, the stuff Jesus taught was head-turning-material in those days. The Pharisees and Scribes made the Jews jump through all kinds of hoops and were just so legalistic about everything, so when Jesus came along and told them they were wrong and that they had been missing the point of pretty much everything, and they were a bunch of hypocrites - man, that would have been awesome to see their reactions for real.
Funny bits: I just love how John refers to himself in his Gospel as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'. What is also funny is in chapter 20:4 John writes So they (John and Simon Peter) ran both together: and the other disciple (John talking about himself) did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. Gold.
Interesting: that the guy that plays Jesus in the movie is also the same guy that plays Desmond on Lost (the Scottish guy that says 'brother' at the end of each sentence).
I found that the movie brought to my attention a lot of verses that I had never really taken notice of. I would hear one of the lines in the movie and think - huh, I've never realised such and such. So it was pretty cool for that reason alone. But what was also really cool was seeing Jesus' ministry while He walked on earth. It just made me think - how COOL would it have been to be one of the Disciples and just follow Christ around and hear all the things that He said for the first time.
I mean, the stuff Jesus taught was head-turning-material in those days. The Pharisees and Scribes made the Jews jump through all kinds of hoops and were just so legalistic about everything, so when Jesus came along and told them they were wrong and that they had been missing the point of pretty much everything, and they were a bunch of hypocrites - man, that would have been awesome to see their reactions for real.
Funny bits: I just love how John refers to himself in his Gospel as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'. What is also funny is in chapter 20:4 John writes So they (John and Simon Peter) ran both together: and the other disciple (John talking about himself) did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. Gold.
Interesting: that the guy that plays Jesus in the movie is also the same guy that plays Desmond on Lost (the Scottish guy that says 'brother' at the end of each sentence).
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