How true is this film?

It follows the acts of the apostles, the epistles and church tradition in a narrative structure.

Friend, I challenge you to get a copy of the Bible (the Living Bible translation is easy to understand as is the New King James version), starting with Matthew, and read it with an open heart. Then judge for yourself.

We are sinners and sin separates us from GOD. The only way to come to GOD is through HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST. HE paid for your sin debt in full and the penalty of your sin (death and seperation from GOD)and will seal you with the HOLY SPIRIT as a promise of your resurrection from the dead (the flesh will die but if you are in CHRIST (sealed in the HOLY SPIRIT)) you will live with CHRIST. You can have this too if you believe and surrender your life to CHRIST.

May GOD bless you and reveal HIMSELF to you.

Peace and Joy to you.

I also recommned this website for further study and questions you may have...

http://www.intouch.org/god


"Truly, these times of ignorance GOD overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because HE has appointed a day on which HE will judge the world in righteousness by the MAN (Jesus) whom HE has ordained. HE has given assurance of this to all by raising HIM from the dead." Acts 17:30 & 31

Paul, who never met or knew the living Jesus, ended up having his writings being adopted to comprise most of the New Testament. He discounts Moses and Mosaic law and takes Christianity and not Judaism to gentiles and that is how it was able to succeed (perhaps with a little help from Vesuvius in 79AD).

So, ultimately he is why Christians aren't Jews and don't care about Pork or Shrimp/Oysters/Crab/whatever and don't need to be snipped/circumcised. And I think that is the big question... was his view the proper one? Can you ignore Moses and so not be a Jew and be a good Christian?

Paul never really had any significant conflict with Peter who was generally agreeable with him, but more with James and Jerusalem where there were lots of people who knew the living Jesus and were there for the Sermon on the Mount or at the Last Supper or were even J's brothers (aka sons of Mary and Joseph) and knew J their entire lives.

It was the recruitment failure of the original disciples of existing Jews in Jerusalem and Israel that molded the evolution of the Christianity and allowed Paul's ministry outside of Israel to get so much traction and differentiated the fledgling religion from Judaism.

Jesus should have done a lot better when he was alive in getting better Disciples like Paul and get rid his original 12 including his brothers James and Simon etc. Actually a proper Messiah should actually accomplish at least most of the things he was predestined to do; and more than that, would have written his own bible in several translations and not leave it up in the air as some weird competition between James and Peter and Paul and others to battle it out in some old school reality show -- he who gets most converts gets to write most of the bible... winner: Paul.

Anyways, all his disciples/apostles all had different ministries really, cuz J didn't even tell them he was gonna die and nobody believed he came back. Mary M. went to them on the third and they were all clueless... it wasn't until he stood with them and talked to them that they actually believed... except doubting Thomas still needed extra bit and to do some touching and he poked some holes.

J's death/sacrifice/resurrection would be important for someone to know as if it was actually a true death or sacrifice when he ends up chilling next to papa for eternity. Actually way back then, after listening to J, they actually all believed the end was coming in their lifetimes ... one of the reasons most of them even were celibate and discounted even marriage... after all what would be the point? 2000 years later, people still think the rapture is coming anytime now. I can't wait to get everyone to go.

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