“UnStoppable”
>> Editor’s notes: I’m not quoting
everything in this film, because some things can be interpreted two ways, so
I’m giving him leniency on the parts I can. The other parts that I don’t wish
to quote are where he is… very close to graphic s*x talk, or s*x jokes or
similar perverse story-telling style. If you saw the video, you would see what
I mean. So, I’m quoting the places where he clearly contradicts the Word of
God. He’s got someone leading him in his message. With “Saving Christmas”, that
person was in “the Family”. Who is helping Kirk teach
so wrongly here and who their evil connections are? I don’t know. But, as you
read this, I think you will see (as we have) that someone is using him to
preach really bad teaching, in addition to reducing God’s Word from historical
accounts and real Holiness and Judgment, to “stories”.
“This is the question that turns Christians
into atheists: Why does God allow bad things happen to good people?”
(“UnStoppable”, minute marker: 7:27)
>> No, if someone is saved they
don’t become unsaved. But yes, trials and persecution for the name of Christ do
sift out simple and deep false converts from the genuinely saved and sealed by
the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 13, 1st John 5:13)
“If you can’t answer the question – why does
God allow bad things to happen to good people, it can destroy your faith and
prevent you from moving forward in your life. You’ll go crazy.”
(“UnStoppable” minute marker: 8:01)
>> Same error repeated.
“There is an Author who is writing the
greatest story in the world. The great drama of life is being enacted right now
on the stage of this world and you and I are characters playing roles in this.
And I’m not saying this just because I’m an actor. It’s because that’s really
what’s going on. And everybody we know, everything we experience, every
mountain, every stream, every ocean, every bird, every sun, every moon, every
star, are props that have been placed strategically where they are in order to
assist and ultimately make sure that this story is told. And right in the
middle of this story written by God – history, you and I are making real-world
choices with real-world consequences. And somehow God is steering the whole
thing. So, let’s go back to the very beginning of the story…”
(UnStoppable, minute marker: 8:38)
>> Mr. Kirk Cameron is here
referencing Sir Francis Bacon/William Shakespeare lies: “All the world is a stage and the men and women are merely actors. They have
their entrances and their exits.” Why anyone would quote or reference this
mason and perverse entertainer, I don’t know. It’s not good – at all. God makes
it clear that this isn’t a “stage”, but a refining ground as God is training up
faithful servants who have made a covenant with God through Jesus’ blood on the
cross. (Matthew 13, Romans 8:16-17; 1st Peter 3:1-7)
“… And then God gives them [Adam and
Eve],
the assignment – the great mission: and that is to be fruitful and multiply…
fill the earth and subdue it. Rule it. Take dominion of it, over all of God’s
creation. Just as God used Heaven as the pattern for the Garden of Eden –
everything was perfect, everything was good, everything was provided. It was
very good. Adam and Eve were to use [that] as a pattern for the rest of
the world. To bless the world. To Heaven-ize the
world, and make it beautiful.” (UnStoppable, minute marker: 17:20)
>> No. You do not find the idea of
“Heaven-izing” earth in the Bible – you find it in the pagan “theology” of “the
family” and the masons and the Jesuits.
“Adam had one job,
and that was to tend and keep the garden. In other words, to cultivate
and guard. To beautify and protect. Well if I
said that to you: guard this - protect what has been entrusted to you. The obvious question you should be asking
yourself is: from what? And this is the worst part of the story up, until this
point. Adam is in the garden, with his wife, the most precious thing in the
garden. He is to be protecting her – beautifying her, doing his job. [Kirk
pauses for drama effect] And a serpent enters the garden. This is
exactly what Adam should have been watching for. He should have smelled him
(the serpent) a mile away and ran to him and crushed his head, the second that
he saw him. Especially after he saw what he was doing to his wife. This is the
ultimate breakdown of a man’s responsibility…” (UnStoppable, minute marker:
17:43)
>> There was no death in the
garden. There was no murder – there was no stealing, and there was no lying.
Lying entered the garden with the satan-possessed serpent/snake. But Kirk has
changed the historical account of the Garden of Eden to be a story and is
adding to Scripture with multiple lies and half-truths.
“This is a story of a man throwing his wife
under the bus, and using her as a guinea pig in the human experiment.”
(UnStoppable, minute marker 18:30)
>> Is Kirk accusing God of not stopping
evil? It seems so. He’s hinted at it twice.
[Kirk’s film then displays a snake-man
who then plays out a scene that is far more like the satanic/masonry lies of “Lilith” that CS Lewis and freemasonry tells, than
of the historical Biblical account. Again, Kirk is adding to Scripture what is
not there – contradicting what is there in plain Scripture. Why does he like
myths and fables contrary to the Word of God? (2nd Timothy 4:4; 2nd
Peter 1:16) – Shame on Kirk and his “mentor(s)”is/are.]
“… Now why did God do that (clothe them
with animal skins)? Was it because the fig-leaves were going to wear out and this was a
better covering? Uh, probably. But, have you ever
thought about this? God clothed them in the skins of beasts, because they had
just listened to a beast. Maybe it was a reminder of their sin. God is saying
if you’re going to act like beasts, you’re going to look like beasts. Because
people always end up looking like the “gods” we follow.” (UnStoppable,
minute marker: 23:00)
>> No, Kirk. I’m sorry you are
listening to and following one of satan’s false teachers – whoever is your “mentor”
or “handler”, and I’m sorry you are twisting God’s Word and peddling God’s Word
for profit, but you are wrong. You are contradicting God’s clear Word.
“3 And in the process of time it came to pass that
Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD. 4 Abel also
brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the LORD respected Abel and his offering…”
(Genesis 4:3-4) – God used this
to start the pattern of animal sacrifice, as we see in both
Genesis 3:15, and here in Genesis 4. Cain refused to obey God’s command
of how to sacrifice because he was a rebel against God, which is why God
rebuked him and called him to repent. Instead, Cain decided to murder and lie.
Yet none of that is God’s fault – man chose to rebel, and yet God called them
to repent and look to the future Messiah.
[The next scene is of Kirk’s “rendition”
of Cain murdering his brother. Cain with his face covered like an Arab as he is
about to murder Abel, with Abel looking over his shoulder. There is a chase
scene with some pagan Rock and Roll song in the background. And Cain
drowns/stones/clubs in a river/stream and then finishing murdering him on the
edge of the river - instead of murdering him in a field, as the Scripture says
clearly.]
>> Kirk can’t read the Bible
apparently.
“4 Abel also brought of the
firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the LORD respected Abel and his offering, 5 but
He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his
countenance fell. 6 So the LORD
said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If
you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at
the door. And its desire is for
you, but you should rule over it.’ 8 Now Cain talked with Abel
his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose
up against Abel his brother and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, ‘Where is Abel your brother?’ He said, ‘I do
not know. Am I my brother's
keeper?’ 10 And He said, ‘What have you done? The voice of your
brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground. 11 So
now you are cursed from the
earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your
hand. 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its
strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.’…” (Genesis 4:4-12)
>> By now, I think it’s clear to
all of us that Kirk Cameron is a false teacher and a story-teller, but he
doesn’t stop here.
“The first human being’s blood has just been
spilled. There is a person dead for the first time in God’s perfect world. I
mean if you’re going to tell a story about a family, and the family has two
boys – the worst thing you can have happen is that one of the boys kills the
other one. And the one that dies is the good one. It wasn’t the bad kid that died, it was the good one – the innocent one – the one who
did the right thing. His blood is spilled. And God protects the murderer. The
bad guy doesn’t die, the good guy dies. And God places a mark on Cain. And it
was a mark that protected him – that told everyone around him that if you come
after Cain, I am coming after you. With this mark, on this
beast.”
(UnStoppable, minute marker: 27:00)
>> There are so many little
contradictions to God’s Word here – I hope some people can see them. But, I
also hope people can see how Kirk keeps turning things on God – to blame God.
Is he trying to help atheists or is he one of them? Will Kirk correct them? Ho
w many will he correct?
>> One key contradiction is that
Cain loudly rebelled against God and it shows in the text, but Kirk pretends
that Cain murdered randomly so. No, it was calculated. But you only see that
when you understand the text.
>> I’m also shocked that Kirk
would pretend that Cain murdering was God’s fault somehow, and that God then
protected the murderer. Yet, contrary to Kirk, God’s Word explains what Kirk
refused to:
“8 Now Cain talked with Abel
his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose
up against Abel his brother and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, ‘Where is Abel your brother?’ He said, ‘I do
not know. Am I my brother's
keeper?’ 10 And He said, ‘What have you done? The voice of your
brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground. 11 So
now you are cursed from the
earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your
hand. 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its
strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.’…” (Genesis 4:8-12)
Again, God makes it very clear – as God
did then, so He does through the apostle John:
“10 In this the
children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not
practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning,
that we should love one another, 12 not as Cain who was of the wicked one and
murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil
and his brother's righteous.” (1 John 3:10-12)
>> If someone keeps insulting
their boss day in and day out – will they keep their job? If a man insults his
wife day in and day out – will his marriage stay intact? How about with God –
if a rebellious man, as Cain was, wars against God by repeatedly choosing to
disobey Him, will he keep his relationship right with his God? How about Kirk –
if he keeps insulting God and warring against Him and His Word, will he keep
his right relationship with God? The answer to all of those is no. Kirk is
pouring out the evil hatred he has against God from his own heart.
“34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being
evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth
good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they
will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you
will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:34-37)
“… And it was a mark that protected him – that
told everyone around him that if you come after Cain, I am coming after you. With this mark, on this beast. I mean we could almost wonder
if this isn’t the first mark of the beast. The original mark
of the beast. And it’s a mark of protection. Why is this happening? I
mean if I were writing the story, I’d have the bad guy die and the good one
win. But that’s not what happens What’s going on.”
(UnStoppable, minute marker: 27:30)
>> Kirk… you’re accusing God of
creating the first “mark of the beast”? That’s lying at another level.
“When
we ask these big questions about why. Why do
these things happen? Why does pain and suffering happen in a world like this?
We’ve got to get a perspective that is much bigger than where we are right now.
And we open up the Bible. This is God’s Story, and this is where He explains
how to make sense of this world that we’re living in. But, when we open it up,
we start out with this wild story of creating a world and a universe out of
nothing. And then God creates man out of dirt, and then He creates woman out
the side of a man. And we think wow – that’s amazing. And it’s beautiful – and
I can buy that. And then we can see how man falls into rebellion and sin. And
then there’s the story of Cain and Abel. And that’s a very sad story, but you
can believe that. You can see people doing horrible things and taking people’s
lives. But that’s a story about brothers and bad things that they are doing to
one another. And we can believe that because we see that happening all the
time…” (UnStoppable, minute marker: 28:00)
>> Sad… Here Kirk is presenting
the Bible as wild and fun and crazy “stories”. Notice how Kirk is not quoting
Scripture, but using human-reason and emotion to supposedly share the “gospel”
with the viewer – be they “atheist”/agnostic or “Christian”. So far, no gospel, and no foundation of Bible to stand on.
“But then, the
story takes this drastic turn to what God does. The world gets so filled with
violence and corruption and wickedness, God decides to unleash a giant flood.
He decides to break open the great “fountains of the deep”, and the windows of
Heaven open up and water floods the whole world. To the point where everything
dies – everything that has breath, on the land and in the air completely
perishes. Except for 1 man Noah and those who are with him on
the ark.” (UnStoppable, minute marker: 29:15)
>> “Story”. Is that all the Bible is to you, Kirk – “stories”? Here Kirk makes
God to be a reactionary God… completely missing the facts of God’s constant
communication to individuals as well as through prophets and teachers, and
visits and teaching from God Himself.
“From a story-telling point of view, that is
such a hard sell. It’s funny because I’ve been in plenty of meetings where
you’re trying to pitch a story to Hollywood executives, and you’re trying to
convince them that this is the greatest story in the world…” (UnStoppable, minute marker: 29:45)
[shows clip of
doing just that.]
“But if this was the story, and this was the
script that I had to pitch as a story, I can’t even imagine getting to the
point where I tell them that hero of the story actually floods the entire world
that He made, and everyone dies. I can imagine them saying to me: you need to
go back to script-writing school, clearly, you missed a few classes. That’s not
how you endear the hero to the audience. This part of the story is such… it’s
such a hard sell.” (UnStoppable, minute marker: 30:10)
>> So, Kirk changes the Bible to
sell it to Hollywood and the world to get them to buy it?
[Kirk then did a skit about Follywood
supposedly hearing the “story” of Noah from the Bible… the main guy was Kirk’s
friend from “Saving Christmas’ – Darren Doane, who played “Christian White” and
was co-director.] Last quote: ”You don’t want to be telling a
story about death. It’s not what people want to hear. People don’t want to go
to a movie and hear about death.”
>> True… but how did Follywood get
center-stage as choosing how we are to teach the Bible?
“The problem with stories that we think we
know so well is that sometimes we become so familiar with them, that we get
confused, because we overlook details that actually make the story make sense. The details that actually complete the whole story. Think of
Adam and Eve. It’s easy to be caught up with the serpent and the rebellion and
the fruit on the tree and God pronouncing a death sentence and being expelled from
the garden. But what should captivate us above all other things is that fact
that God is demonstrating His mercy and His Kindness. His
care. His protection. And His
grace toward them. I mean, think about it – God did not kill Adam and
Eve. He didn’t abandon them. He didn’t throw them into Hell. He begins
providing for them. He gives them clothes. He gives them food. He gives them
more children. He sends angels to watch over them. And He gives them a promise.
When they were filled with guilt and shame and fear, a
promise that God would send a descendant of Eve who would crush that serpent’s
head and fix all of this.”
(UnStoppable, minute marker: 37:47)
>> Very emotion-driven message –
repentance is not mentioned, and the gospel isn’t either, yet.
“When you’re standing in the midst of a crime
scene, it’s easy to noticed and be shocked by blood stains on the ground. But
what should shock us even more at this point in the story is
the grace and patience and kindness of God. Think about it. If ever there was a
time when God could have said, I’m done with the human race, I’m going to end
this right now – it was here (at Cain murdering Abel). Adam rebelled against
God. And the apple didn’t fall far from the tree – now his son murders his
brother and lies to God’s face. While he was talking to God, God heard Abel’s
blood crying through Cain’s lying teeth. But, God
didn’t kill him. And He didn’t forget about Abel. He wasn’t oblivious to Abel’s
cry. Abel’s own blood had a voice and it cried out from the ground and reached
God’s ears in Heaven...” (UnStoppable, minute
marker: 39:14)
>> Kirk isn’t answering the twisted
questions he raised or quite quoting Scripture. But, I do realize from this
video – especially in that last quote, that Kirk believes God to be aloof –
away from men – far away in Heaven. That’s what an unsaved person believes as
well as any person who is in such rebellion against God that their prayers
aren’t answered. It explains his confused perspective quite well.
“And Abel made it into the Faith Hall of
Fame. He’s been given a lasting legacy and will be forever remembered as an
example of someone who approached God the right way. By
faith.”
(UnStoppable, minute marker: 40:15)
>> Same problem spelled out a
little more. He doesn’t believe that God is here.
“There’s only one world. The
world that Adam and Eve lived in – Cain and Abel lived in, is the same world
that we live in. We breath the same air. We
walk on the same ground. And we look at the same ocean. During the days of
Noah, this was not about God destroying the world, humanity was destroying
itself. Men had filled the world with so much wickedness and violence, that
they were going to completely kill and annihilate one another. All they needed
was more time. But, God mercifully steps in and cuts that short. He puts a
period at the end to stop evil. He packs the whole world up into a wooden box
and fills it with everything needed for a brand new world. He floats it on top
of the ocean, while He deals with all of the evil below. And when He’s
finished, it rests on the top of the mountain, and He opens the wooden box, and
everything is there to start all over: a new man, a new woman, children – a family. Food. Animals. Noah plants a vineyard - we’re back in a garden. We’re
starting over. A new and better world is being birthed through tragedy. The
world has been born again.” (UnStoppable, minute marker: 40:29)
>> Same problem even worse. Kirk
either doesn’t realize or doesn’t acknowledge or covers up, the demonic witchcraft
reason that God had to rescue Noah and his family from. But aside from that –
he’s sort of on track, finally. Except for one key thing: God
doesn’t inspire the New World Order to create “tragedies” through their illegal
and murderous wars, or through the Rockefeller medical murder system – so that
He can create a new us. He calls humans to believe His Word and stand up
to evil – something Kirk won’t do. He’s partnering with and excusing the push
for a “New World” out of tragedy – which is the Jesuit/Mason motto: “Ordo
Ab Chao” = satanic “order” out of strategically-created “chaos”.
>> Also, a key twist: the world
was not “born again”. Kirk using that phrase shows that he doesn’t understand
John 3 at all. He’s putting a new-age twist on the Bible – which is very bad
for him, and is very sad.
“And then God gives them a promise: a
brilliant sign in the sky: a rainbow. Let’s think for a minute about the
rainbow. The promise that God put in the sky – this symbol that would be a
permanent promise that He would never again use water to flood and destroy the
world. It’s interesting that the word “rainbow” is not the word that God uses
when He promises Noah. The word He uses is “bow” – simply “my bow”. I’ll place
my bow in the clouds – I’ll hang my bow in the clouds. Well, what’s God’s bow?
His bow is only one thing. It’s what God says He will bend. He will dip the
arrows, and point them at the hearts of His enemies. God’s bow is His weapon of
Judgment. It’s a war-bow of wrath, aimed at His enemies. And God’s saying I’m
going to hang that in the clouds. He’s putting it away. He’s not using it. He’s
hanging it in the clouds. In essence, He’s suspending His Judgment and He will
no longer use water to flood and destroy all flesh and the world. But have you
ever noticed how the bow is positioned? How it’s oriented? Look at the way it’s hanging. It’s hanging like
this (aimed up). If it were a bow, the string would be stretched along the
horizon. And where is the bow pointed? Where would the arrows
be directed? Where? Up. To Heaven. Where is God? In Heaven. The next time we see God pouring out His Judgment
and wrath for the sin of the whole world, is at the
cross, where Jesus Christ hangs and dies. He Himself – God Himself, becomes a man – a
perfect man. And then He takes upon Himself the Judgment for the sin of the
world. Could the rainbow possibly pointing to that day? When God’s Judgment and
wrath comes to Him, instead of upon His creation?
[Kirk’s words are interspersed with pictures and memories of his young
friend who died, who Kirk used to think about these things.
This pause here shows the viewing just before a funeral – in South Dakota. Kirk
drops by to share some warmth and caring to the grieving friends that he
knows.]
“I mean, let’s
just fill in the distance between the bow and the cross. God washes the world
clean of sin. He drowns evil and gives man a brand new chance. You have a new
beginning, but you have the same old heart. And the same pattern starts to
emerge again. Man is pushing God away. He wants to get out from under the
authority of God and make a name for himself. And bad goes to worse and
eventually you come to the Tower of Babel, where they are all together as one
people, in one place, with one language. You have a one-world government
building a tower to reach to the Heavens, so that we will not be “scattered”
all over the earth. Well that’s exactly what God told them to do. He told it to
Adam – be fruitful, multiply. Spread out and fill the earth. He told the same
thing to Noah. And that’s precisely what they’re not doing.
So, God confuses
their language, they have no more communication, and they are forced to scatter
and disperse. And all of that develops into the Babylonian empire. And then we
see the Assyrian empire – these are cultures of death, human sacrifice,
idolatry, wickedness, violence, immorality. Then moving into the Greek empire,
and the Roman empire. And the Romans conquered the
Greeks militarily, but the Greeks morality infected and conquered Rome, and
brought Rome to the darkest, bleakest, most wicked culture on the planet. This
was a culture of death.
And meanwhile, we
see that God has still not given up on His plan. He is starting a brand new
nation in the middle of this culture of death. He raises
up a man named Abraham – who starts a nation, through his family, called
Israel. And it’s through these promises that God brings man that new and better
Adam. Ultimate culture of death that the Author of Life is
born.” (UnStoppable, minute marker: 41:55)
>> He understands New World Order
lies…. Not sure where he is headed…
>> Key point: Abraham was not
wandering to find his way. Jesus met with Him in person quite a few times, and
He both heard from God and God also had given him a covenant and laws to
understand God’s Word and will – just not as clear as today. So…
Kirk has reduced the situation to a story, akin to the twisted Vatican story –
but God’s Word contradicts both Kirk and the Vatican here.
[Still remembering the child that died –
now going to sign the guestbook at the school.]
“Let’s just talk about Jesus for a minute.
This is the Man that God promised Eve in the Garden would come as one of her
descendants and crush the serpent’s head. Precisely what her husband Adam did
not do. The Last Adam, Jesus, was the One who would protect His bride. Adam
failed to protect her in the Garden. Jesus succeeds and is victorious in a
garden. And He protects His bride. He crushes the serpent’s head. He is the One
who is going to reverse the curse. This is the new and better Adam – the Last
Adam, who is going to raise the dead, heal the sick, give sight to the blind,
turn water into wine, feed thousands, and restore the whole world back to its
Maker, and His people back to their mission of Heavenizing the earth. He comes
and fulfills all the law and the prophets. And then His own people kill Him.
I mean, that’s how
the story goes. It’s Jesus facing His own team – being fully corrupted. A
religious hypocrisy that is at its worst, and the Roman empire
which is in charge of the whole world. And together, they conspire to kill
Jesus. But then He’s resurrected. So, hopes are back up. That He is who He said
He was. That this was the Redeemer who would set people free from fear, guilt
and shame and death. This really was Him. But then He leaves. He’s only back
for 40 days and then He leaves. And He leaves His followers in this culture of
death, which has only gotten worse. They were sawn in half, they were fed to
the lions, they were burned at the stake, they were
crucified upside down. More tragedy in the story. At
what point does God say – Enough? Enough of death. I’m
done with it.
It’s exactly at
the moment that Jesus dies on the cross. Jesus flips death on its head by dying
for His enemies. You see, all throughout history, the manifesto of empires was
– you kill your enemies and take over the world. Jesus comes in and says – I’m
going to show you how you use death to change the world. And in love, He comes
and lays down His own life for His enemies.
Three days after
He was placed into a tomb, everything changed. Nothing is the same. The funeral
is no longer the finish. The grave is not the goal. Jesus said – unless a
kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it
dies, it will multiply and produce abundant fruit. Matthew (his friend who just
passed away) is a seed who was planted in the earth. And already, I’m seeing
signs of life. Every graveyard is a garden. In fact, they used to be called
“grave gardens” because they’re full of seeds. People who love God – planted in
the earth. And one day, each of those seeds, like Matthew, will burst through
the mud on top of their grave into a brand new world.
When Jesus rose
from the grave, that was His victory lap. The battle
had already been won. The resurrection was good at publicly humiliating evil.
This was life swallowing up death. This was rubbing the devil’s nose in the
fact that he had just been stripped, defanged and neutered. And when Jesus
ascended into Heaven, He wasn’t abandoning His disciples. He was going to His
Father to present His spoils from His decisive win. He had just won His bride.
He had just defeated the devil. And He was going to sit down on His Throne and
receive all authority, power and dominion. Both in Heaven and
on Earth. He put all His enemies under His feet. I can even hear the
words of the Father saying – well done Son. Well done. And the Son saying –
there’s just one more thing. Let’s give them power. And the story goes on to
the whole world being lit up with the good news that light overcomes darkness.
That love overcomes hatred. And life overcomes death.
We have a God who
is not immune to pain and suffering. He’s not a “god” who’s sitting on a cloud
somewhere with his arms and legs crossed and his eyes closed and a smile on his face – not paying attention,
or not caring about the things that are happening right here. He stepped into
it. He entered our world of flesh and blood, of pain and suffering, of tears
and death. He tasted it. He’s experienced it. He fully and completely gets it.
He hung on a cross. Alone. Nails
through His hands and His feet. His arms and His legs twisted. His back
ripped open. His face bleeding from the thorn-pricks around
His head. His mouth dry and un-bearably thirsty.
Plunged into God-forsaken darkness. And He did it for us.
He understands. He can help. That’s the “god” that’s for me. That’s the “god’
that’s for you.
I know there’s a
question mark that still hangs over the subject of suffering. Why? Why didn’t
you heal my friend, when You know You could have? Why
doesn’t He heal your pain or my pain? But, I have a peace about Matthew’s life
and death. I watched his mother and his father and his sister walk Matthew to
the gates of Heaven. One father handing his son to another.
And I have peace about that. Because I’ve already seen my God
use the most horrific and tragic events in history for the greatest things in
the world. He was there at the fall. He was there at the flood. He
didn’t take His hands off the wheel. He was there in the crucifixion. And the
worst most tragic thing that has ever happened to the most perfect pure and
innocent person – turns out to be the greatest thing the world has ever seen.
It brought the salvation of God to the world. And so I have
hope that every tragedy in my life and yours. Every future tragedy,
every future pain and struggle and suffering and death, God can and will use
those things for His greater glory and our good. Because that’s what He’s been
doing all along. Through all of the pain and the suffering and the grief, God
is working out this same unstoppable purpose for you. He’s forming in you the
character needed for the assignment that He has for you. Every
father, every daughter, every mother, every son. He’s creating a sense
of commitment in you. God is developing a confidence that only those who
experience trials and tragedy can have. Only through a Matthew-kind of process
can you have that unshakeable faith and overwhelming confidence in God. Because He is a God of purpose. And He floods your heart
with a compassion for people, so that you can help them when they go through
trials.
What’s being
created in you, because of your painful experience, this is the very apex – the
ultimate expression of the very heart of God to others. And that God of purpose
and love and power somehow transforms that question mark into an exclamation
point for me. And reminds me that God is good. We can
trust Him. And His purposes are unstoppable.” (UnStoppable, the last scenes.)
[ending scene:
“In loving memory of Matthew James Sandgren, May 2, 1997-August 23, 2012. Short-lived… Deeply loved… Never forgotten]
>> Concluding notes: Kirk kept
away from the word “repent”. He also kept the wording really general about why
Jesus came. He also created some new mythology about the rainbow… I’m really
not sure of what to make of how he ended his speech. He stayed away from
quoting Scripture, while trying to appeal to all ages and all religions… or so
it seems. Something’s very off here, but I can’t figure it out. Any help would
be welcome. ~ Thank you.