God’s Unquenchable Love
“Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.” (Song of Solomon 8:7 WEB)
Your sins were like many waters, but it cannot quench God’s love for you.
When the children of Israel were about to cross from the wilderness to the land of Canaan, they stood before the river Jordan. The ark of the covenant entered the river first, and the waters parted, gathering up as a heap far away over the city of Adam. This is a picture of Jesus removing our sins, even all the way back to Adam’s original sin, by taking God’s judgment for sin in His own body at the cross.
Jesus stripped Himself of His divine glory, became a man, was humiliated like a criminal, suffered excruciatingly and died a bloody death.
Jesus gave all the wealth of His house for love. He did that because He loves you.
It does not make any sense. You might call such a love ‘foolish’. That is just how much God loves you.
“A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God. You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’” He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.” When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.” But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.” (Luke 18:18-23 WEB)
When Jesus tested the rich young ruler by asking him to sell all his possessions and give the proceeds to the poor, the man could not do it.
Jesus is the true rich forever-young ruler from Heaven who has all the best treasures. At the cross, He sold everything and gave it all to you.
He was made poor so that we might become rich. He was treated like the worst sinner so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him!
Receive Jesus’ unquenchable love for you. See the great price He paid to redeem you. Know that you are very precious to God!
It is so wonderful to see Jesus in action by reading the four gospels. When we see Jesus, we also get to know God the Father. Understand the four gospels through the lens of grace in this bundle: https://bit.ly/understandeveryparable
city of god 在 [投票啦] 貧民百萬富翁or 無法無天(City of God) - 精華區movie 的推薦與評價
板上幾乎完全沒有討論「無法無天」(Cidade de Deus, City of God)的聲音
這部其實是近年來我看過最好看的犯罪電影
曾經獲得2003年金球獎最佳外語片提名 還有四項奧斯卡提名
以巴西里約附近的一個城市City of God貧民窟為背景
寫實的描繪出當地的貧窮、暴力、毒品、槍枝充斥的世界
當時導演費南度.梅爾尼從當地選出非專業的演員
因為劇組堅持到現場拍攝 受到很多黑道的人身威脅
延伸閱讀:
https://www.lib.nthu.edu.tw/library/avcenter/list/intro/VR025794.htm
節錄一小段:
至於拍片過程，則和電影內容一樣，充滿了隨機，不定的變數，和黑社會的介入
干涉與控制。譬如導演第一次到天主之城勘景時，他先把車子停在熱鬧的大街路
邊後，再由一位熟悉門路的黑道大哥帶領前進，但他還沒逛幾分鐘，背後馬上就
出現一名持槍的陌生小孩默默尾隨，導演事後慶幸自己當時要不是先找了圈內人
陪伴前往，他非常有可能就莫名其妙地因為進入黑道禁地而被槍殺在街頭，成為
連垃圾車都懶得收的無名屍體...
昨天去劇院看完「貧民百萬富翁」 覺得兩片有異曲同工之妙
當然，City of God整片是以真實、殘酷甚至荒謬的殺戮與貧窮為主軸
「貧民百萬富翁」是以堅定的愛情帶出同樣的社會問題
板上已經有許多討論 所以不贅述
有人同時看過兩部片子的嗎?
以下可能有雷
((防雷頁))
兩部片來比較 我覺得還是City of God勝
「貧民百萬富翁」一開頭劇情扣人心弦
但是到最後就弱掉了 尤其是生命力強韌 好勇鬥狠的Salim
最後竟然是幾乎用自殺的方式成全弟弟Jamal和Latika
怎麼想都覺得不可思議
還有全劇結束的最後兩句話:
Jamal: This is our destiny.
Latika: Kiss me.
撒狗血+老梗到了極致 我的媽呀 個人認為是全片的敗筆
比起來 「無法無天」的130分鐘絕無冷場
裡面的淡淡的愛情故事也更貼近真實
同樣是用兩個小孩生命的交織來帶出故事
看到小孩子掄起槍冷血的殺人 充滿仇恨不是你死就是我亡的世界
其中想當攝影記者的小孩 最後用自己手裡的相機記錄下最後一場戰役
導演雖然用很容易失敗的倒敘法 全片卻是一氣呵成 令人震撼
總之 兩片都有獲得奧斯卡最佳導演 最佳攝影的提名
可惜2003年的奧斯卡被魔戒橫掃 讓「無法無天」這部好片少了點聲音
真的很推薦沒看過 又喜歡「貧民」這類電影的人一定要去看
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