1 Corinthians 15:20-22 New Living Translation (NLT)
20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He
is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. 21 So you see, just as
death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has
begun through another man. 22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to
Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.
Adam, a man, brought sin into the world, which affected
every person. We all are descendants of Adam and carry that sin today. Jesus
took those sins upon himself so that we could be given a life free from sin, a
new life that would allow us to be with God at the given time. Jesus made things right with God. Then it's up to us.
In the movie The Words, a struggling young writer named
Rory Jansen finds a mysterious manuscript stuffed in an old leather briefcase.
Rory types the anonymous manuscript word-for-word and then submits it to a
publisher pretending that it's his original work. To his surprise, the book
becomes an instant bestseller and Rory wins literary acclaim.
Later in the film an old man confronts Rory and claims to
be the true author of the book. The man informs Rory that he originally wrote
the story in an attempt to deal with the pain of his child's death and his
subsequent divorce. Tragically, his precious manuscript was lost.
Later on, Rory, wracked with remorse, locates the old
man, who is working in a greenhouse tending plants. With the two of them alone
in the greenhouse, Rory tells the old man, "I want to fix this."
"There's nothing to fix," the old man replies. "You
just go and live the life you've made for yourself."
Rory tries to hand the old man a packet of money as he
says, "This is all yours. I'm going to take my name off the book and tell
everyone the truth."
The old man says, "Then you're even more of a fool
than I thought you were."
**Rory asks, "What is this about then?"
The old man says, "It's about my life. It's about my
wife and about my child. It's about the joy and the pain that gave birth to
those words. You take those words. You take the pain. Why don't you buy a plant
with that money?"
The old man shoves a plant into Rory's hands and says,
"Take your plant and your money and get out of here." Then he pushes
Rory away.
Rory counters, "Hey, I want to make things
right!"
"You can't just make things right. Things are just
things. Do you understand? No matter how you try to martyr yourself."
Rory pleads with him, "Sir? Sir? Please!" but
the old man walks away without offering forgiveness.
[The Words. Directed by Brian Klugman. 2012; Submitted by
Greg Asimakoupoulos, Mercer Island, Washington]
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