Mel Gibson’s
The Passion of the Christ
Now that you have seen the
crucifixion, what do you want to do about it? What will you do in return for
Him? Jesus underwent that torture for you. Christ freely gave His life
for you—so that you might be saved. It is “by His wounds we are
healed.”
Your sins were paid for by Jesus
Christ upon the cross.
How will you respond?
“…You are not your
own; you were bought at a price.” –1Cor 6:19-20
How does God want
us to respond to this movie?
Find out what the Bible says we must do to be saved.
Do not let Christ’s sacrifice be in vain in your life. Do not let it go to waste!
Nearly
2,000 years ago, after Christ was resurrected and had ascended to heaven, at
the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2, the apostle Peter preached to a great
crowd about a possible salvation and confronted them with the fact that they
had crucified the Savior. The people were cut to the heart by their sin and
asked him and the other apostles, “Brothers, what must we do?” Invariably,
after hearing Peter’s speech about salvation through the Messiah, they were
asking, “What must we do to be saved?”
‘Peter
replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you,
in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you
will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your
children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our
God will call."
With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save
yourselves from this corrupt generation." Those who accepted his
message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to
their number that day.’
–Acts 2:38-41
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
See, my servant will act
wisely ; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
Just as there were many
who were appalled at him -- his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any
man and his form marred beyond human likeness—
so will he sprinkle many
nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were
not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.
Who has believed our
message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
He grew up before him
like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or
majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire
him.
He was despised and rejected
by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men
hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he took up our
infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for
our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that
brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have
gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and
afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his
mouth.
By arrest and judgment he
was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from
the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
He was assigned a grave
with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no
violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the LORD's
will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a
guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of
the LORD will prosper in his hand.
After the suffering of
his soul, he will see the light [of life] and be satisfied ; by his knowledge
my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him
a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the
transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the
transgressors.
The work of the cross is God’s
offer of life…
“How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?”
Hebrews 2:3
God
gave you the life of Jesus Christ
What will
you give back to God?
See
also The Passion of the Christ Explained website
