Right after Gibson’s movie came out, someone asked me, “Did you see the movie?” I replied, “No, I read the Book!”Ī guy in the gym where I work out with one of our church high school kids said, “You’re a preacher, aren’t you? You would like it!” I answered, “For me to go see a Mel Gibson movie on the sufferings of Jesus Christ would be like buying a workout video on bodybuilding and pumping iron by Peewee Herman!” When I talk to you about what I got out of “the passion,” I’m not talking about a Hollywood film, but a historical fact! I’m not talking about Mel Gibson’s vision of what happened, but my God’s version of what happened! I’m not talking about the movie at the cinema but the Man on the cross! I’m talking about “the passion” of Acts 1:3! The passion, as found in our text, is the expression the Bible uses to refer to our Lord’s suffering on Calvary. You ask, “Brother O’Neal, did you actually go and see the movie?” Of course not! I quit attending movies over 30 years ago! The passion had a greater impact on me than any movie I have ever seen. I want to speak to you today on the subject, What I Got Out of the Passion. INTRODUCTION Acts 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: For a current listing of Brother O’Neal’s books click: here O’Neal, copyright 2004, not to be reproduced without permission, and not to be resold. E-Mail: The below is the text of the book, “What I Got Out of the Passion,” by Michael D.
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