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Last night Michelle and I had a chance to watch Saved!

Now I’m not the first to comment on this movie, Brandon already commented on it back in June, but then again he’s always been ahead of the game. I wouldn’t be surprised if tucked away in the vast list of movies David Johnson hasn’t commented on it or even my other die hard movie watching friend, Jamie “Soon to be a Movie Snob” Wetzel hadn’t slipped that some where in there as well.

But since this my blog, you get to hear my slant on things as well.

Now, sinner that I am, I still have yet to see The Passion, so know that I’m biased, but I cannot recall when the last time was that I saw a movie so openly Christian in its message.

Understand before you rush out and buy it at Best Buy that this is not your typical Christian movie. It’s filled with adultery, premarital sex, homosexuality, teen pregnancy, smoking, and foul language. To say the least it’s rough around the edges. But then again, so am I.

I was moved to tears on more than one occasion. I now what it feels like to have that sense that you’ve lost your faith. That prayer doesn’t work. I’ve felt the struggle of doing something wrong because you think that it’s the right thing that God wants you to do it. I’ve even said the words, “Why would I feel this way still if God didn’t want me to?” I’ve struggled with many of the issues that are spilled out tongue and cheek in the movie. That feeling of being judged, rejected and lost.

But in the same note, I’ve found that peace and that Grace that triumphs at the end of the movie. There are some Christians who will be appalled at the ending because you’ll say that it justifies sin and makes a mockery of faith. Know that you’re wrong, because it’s not about the justification of sin, but rather the salvation of the sinner.

“What would Jesus do? I’m not sure that I can answer that, but I know that I’m going to spend the rest of my life trying to find that out.”

We are to continue to work out our salvation. It’s a growing process, one filled with stumbling, mistakes, wrong turns, and burning out in flames sometimes. The walk of a Christian is not one of perfection but one of striving. Striving to do and be our best. We confuse perfection and success with our faith; that if I were *REALLY* faithful and really genuine then I wouldn’t stumble and fall. How can you be a Christian and sin?

I think Brandon summed it up best when he said that in the end, the movie was more of an indictment against ourselves than anyone else; that we must take a look at how we use and view our faith and how we view those around us through those eyes.

In the end, I am Saved! Not by my own merits, but because of the grace and sacrifice of God.