Monday, October 10, 2011

I'm Suing The Devil for $8 Trillion!



If you haven't seen the movie "Suing The Devil" then I suggest you stop right now and head to the nearest cinema to you (Silverbird Galleria Lagos, Port Harcourt or Abuja if you reside in Nigeria. I haven't seen the movie myself but a friend of mine who went to see it at the cinema was full of praise for this flick.

A young man sues Satan for $8 trillion! One day before Luke files default judgement, Satan appears to defend himself with 10 of the country's best trial lawyers, as the world watches the trial on television. This movie answers so many questions from the authenticity and relevance of the bible in the 21st century to who Jesus Christ is and what He did for humanity by giving us access to the Father and restoring us into sonship.

I heard an atheist, a university professor, knelt in front of the screen in surrender to Jesus as saviour after watching this movie. I also heard a gangster watched the movie, broke into tears and gave his life to Jesus. This shows me two things:
  1. The world does not have a problem with receiving Jesus, our presentation methods are what is scaring them away.
  2. The dynamics for evangelism have changed. There are more effective ways to reach the world with Jesus than some of our other methods.
Most significant for me however is the fact that Hollywood is trying to understand how Christians have been able to turn such low-budget movies into block-busters
  1. Fireproof made $6,835,799 on the opening night and has grossed 33 million dollars at the box office till date. 
  2. Suing the Devil had the second highest-grossing average of any independent film in the nation. The film  won 5-Dove Seal from the Dove Foundation. 
  3. Facing the Giants made $1,343,537 on the opening night and it has grossed $10,178,007 till date.
God has obviously released His wisdom to the church to disgrace principalities and powers (Ephesians 3:10) and it is being expressed in different sectors. It's about time we woke up and began to log into the divine flow and obtain the things that will help us reap the harvest in the world.

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