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When Christ Died
9
I Was on His Mind
Even though I would like
to see "The Passions of
Christ", time constraints and
other things in life have kept
me from doing so. After read-
ing an article on the
Associated Press wire serv-
ice on Friday, I'm more
intrigued than ever.
According to the article,
a couple in Statesboro went
to see the movie and got into
a heated argument after-
ward. The argument esc~at-
ed to violence and both Were
arrested.
According to the article,
the couple left the theater
debating whether God the
Father in the Holy Trinity of
the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit was in human
form or spiritual.
Of course, simply turning
to the Bible would have set-
tied the argument for the cou-
ple. If you read it, the Bible
is pretty clear on the issue.
You can read it in John for
yourself.
Anyway, when the police
arrived at the couple's home,
the wife had ripped her hus-
band's shirt off and he had
punched a hole in a wall near
a stairway. A police report
said that Melissa Davidson
suffered injuries on her left
arm and face; while Scan
Davidson had a scissor stab.
Both were charged with
simply battery in the case and
were released from jail on a
$I,000 bond each.
It is ironic, a preacher and
I were discussing the movie
a few Weeks ago, we both
agreed that ffthe movie could
somehow reach those that
were lost, it would be worth
it. However, one of the things
we also discussed was the
possibility that the movie
could do more damage than
good. I guess we'll have to
walt for a while to determine
what the end result is.
ONE THING is for sure,
if anything bad, such as the
one I spoke about above, do
happen you can rast assured
it will be highly publiCtzed.
One thing that I f~und to
be kind of funny, w~s that
Melissa Davidson was quot-
ed in the paper as saying~"It
was the dumbest thing I've
ever done."
The police officer that
investigated the incident was
quoted as saying, "Really, it
was kind of a pitiful thing, to
go to a movie like that and
fight about it. I think they
missed the point."
So what's new? "
Christians have been
telling this story for 2000
years and people keep miss-
hag the point.
The truth of the matter is
this. There are two types of
believers. There is the true
believer, the person that is
really saved, and the reli-
gious believer, they believe
• in going to church and doing
all the tings that a Christian
does, but they have not been
saved.
I think Mel Gibson had
good intentions with the
movie, not to mention the fact
that he might be probably will
make a lot of money off of it.
However, I'm not sure that it
will change anything because
it is the same message that
has been given over and over
in every church in the world
in the last 2000 years.
MUCH CAN BE said
about the movie, but we must
realize that is exactly what it
is, a movie. It can come close
to telling the story, but no
~, matter0b~v close it comes to
reality, it is not the real storT
nor the entire story. To know
the story aboutChrist, how
he lived, the circumstances
around his death, we must
read our Bible.
When Gen. Hal Moore vis-
ited the Harris County
Chamber annual banquet
recently. He stated that even
though the movie "When We
Were Soldiers" came close to
telling the story, it did not in
any way show the "entire
story." I don't think a movie
ever made can do that.
When a movie is made, it
being done with actors and a
producer. You can't get a true
feeling of what the actual per-
son felt or was thinking.
Although I have not seen
"Passion," I'm sure it is the
same.
• For me, the story behind
the death of Christ that real-
ly matters is a very simple
one.
Christ suffered a cruel
death, there is no doubt about
that, but he did it for mankind.
He also did it for me.
The thing that really mat-
ters to me, is that 2000 years
ago when he was hanging on
that cross and was being beat-
en and cursed, he looked into
the future and saw a old coun-
try boy like me and died for
my sins.
The bottom]ine is simply
this, when he was hanging on
that cross... I was on his mind.
To me, that is the thing that
must be remembered.
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Mother JUst Didn't Know
From Lewis Grizzard's
collection "If Love Were Oil,
I'd Be About a Quart Low"
Written in 1979
As I look back on it, I sup-
pose my mother really didn't
know any better.
After we moved back to
live with my grandparents in
Moreland the second time, I
started second grade in the
little ' elementary school
there. The students were a bit
different from those I had
encountered my first-grade
year in the relative metrop-
olis of Columbus. Moreland's
was a country school, draw-
hag the sons and daughters of
pulpwooders, sheet rockers,
sawmill hands and share-
croppers.
I had traveled some by
then, although I was only six,
but I had never seen anything
quite like the group that
assembled the first day of
classes in Mooreland.
There were the Garfield
brothers, for instance, a
rather disagreeable three-
some who seemed to take a
certain joy in raising large
knots on the heads of their
classmates. They brought a
homemade explosive device
made from gunpowder to
school the first day and blew
out all the windows in the,
third-grade room.
My instincts told me right
away that the Garfields were
not to be messed with. I tried
to explain that fact of life to
my mother the next morning,
when she insisted that I wear
short pants to school, but she
wouldn't listen. So off to
school I went with my knees
exposed, knowing that if the
Garfields spotted me in that
outfit, I likely would not live
out the day. I was nearly cor-
rect in my assumption.
I MANAGED to avoid
them all morning, but then
came the dreaded recess. The
Garfield brothers - Frankie,
whose nickname was
deservedly "Dynamite,"
Harold, and Dickie - spotted
me and my shorts, as I
attempted to hide behind the
monkey bars on the play-
ground.
"What's your name, fancy
pants?" asked Frankie, the
oldest, who was in the sev-
enth grade.
I was barely able to speak
from the fear and trembling.
I managed to get out a feeble,
"Lewis." I thought of perhaps
offering them my first year's
salary when I got out of col-
lege to spare me, but things
were moving to quickly.
"Your mama put them
short pants on you?" asked
Harold, a fifth grader who
was already the size of a
Plymouth.
I promised to bring a writ-
ten note from my mother the
next day, in which she would
explain to the Garfields how
I had resisted the short pants,
with an addendum promising
I would never show up at
school in such an outfit again,
if it so offended them.
"You want me to whoop
him, Frankie?" the youngest
Garfield, Dickie, a third-
grader, asked his older broth-
er. "Or do you want to do it?"
I stood frozen in fear,
awaiting Frankie's answer. I
did feel some better about the
situation at this point, how-
ever, and made a mental note
to thank the Garfields later
for deciding to designate only
one of their lot to raise knots
on my head, rather than all
three taking turns.
SUDDENLY, something
happened that assured me
there was, indeed, a God who
watched over each of his
sparrows, especially if they
happened to be wearing short
pants. Before the Garfields
could decide which one of
them was going to welcome
me to Moreland School,
Arnold Bates, who was a
teacher's pet because he was
always answering questions
first and never doing any-
thing to antagonize his
instructors- such as making
obscene figures out of the
modeling clay or tearing out
pages from his reading book
to make spitball~ - walked
11
o, +g. Ho+
candy bar.il
The Garfields w~]
children, who ne~]
money for candy of~]
Later I would learn ~/
had a voracious sw~i
however, and they ~4
their desire for ~4!
ing it away from the
smaller children on
ground. They left me
knees knocking in
pants and chased l
Arnold Bates, t~
Hollywood bar awa~
his, and gave hima f~
on the head while th~
at it.
When I returned.I
from classes, I exp~
my mother how I had][
escaped being maim~
Garfields because q
short pants,
was a wonderful,
standing person
have any children to
she promised
be forced to return to
similarly attired.
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Appreciating the Faithfulness of
There are times when we
all go through the difficult
times of life. Those times may
be times of sickness, death,
famit~ +l~a~ble~ ~.financial
reverses, or the everyday
temptations of life.
Someone has made the
statement, '~ou are either in
a storm, coming out of a
storm, or headed to a storm."
It is during these difficult
days of life that one of the
many tactics of Satan come
to bear on our lives, and that
is his weapon of accusation.
The devil by name means
an accuser. From a careful
study of the Bible, one can
find that Satan has four tar-
gets for his accusations.
He will accuse man to
God, man to man, man to him-
self, and he Will also accuse
God to man.
It is during the trials of
life that one will find Satan
accusing Godto man.
While in those difficult
days, the enemy of souls will
try to cast on dark shadows
on the grace and mercy of
God Almighty.
He will bring things to our
minds like, "If God really
loved you, then why did he let
your father die?" or he might
say, "If God is so great, then
whY..didn~ he stop your child
from having that wreck?"
One of the goals of Satan
is to hinder and even try to
stop people from placing
their faith in the living God
of glory. (2 Corinthians 4:4)
But, John eight tells us that
Satan is a liar and the father
of lies.
Dear child of God, when
the dark days of life come,
rest assured that God is faith-
ful. There has not been one
promise of God that has "fell
to the ground."
HOWEVER, because we
are still living in this robe of
flesh, weoften struggle in our
faith in God's control of
things. Many times we are
like Job who sadd in Job 23:3,
"Oh that I knew where I might
find him? That I might come
even to his seat."
He also said in that same
chapter beginning in verses
8-10, "Behold, I go forward,
but he is not there; and back-
ward, but I cannot perceive
him. On the left hand, where
he doth work, but I cannot
behold him; he hideth himself
on the right hand, that I can-
not see him: but he knoweth
the way that I take: when he
hath tried me, I shall come
forth as gold."
Many times in the trials
we wonder where God is and
if he has indeed left us. Look
back to what Job said in verse
nine, "On the left hand, ~vhere
he doth work, but I cannot
behold him." Job said that
even though he could not see
God working, he was still
working.
ALL THROUGH scrip-
ture, we can see where God
worked be~tmd the scenes for
the benefit of his people.
There maybe some times
when the people of God can-
not see God work in their
lives, but we can have confi-
dence in knowing
Hebrews 13~ is ,,
The Bible said, "...fl
hath said, I will never'i
thee nor forsake ,fl
Although we mglg.n~
ceive him at times,
always with us and for
who love him and ar~
called according to his
pose, he is working all tl
for our good and his
(Romans 8:28)
AS WE THINK ab
subject such as this, a'
written by A. J. Sims e~
"The Unseen Hand" co~
mind. The first verse
chorus goes like this,
is an unseen hand to me
leads through ways I
.Wh,ego
world of woe, This
leads me as I go. I'm tr~
to the unseen hand, ]
guides me thru this v~
land, And some sweet dgl
reach that strand, Still t
ed by the unseen hand."
May we always re~
ber that while in the tr~
life, our Heavenly Father
be true to his word and
leave or forsake his child
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