God In Film

A young man and his girlfriend pass themselves off as brother and sister in order to trick their employer, a wealthy farmer, out of his fortune, not foreseeing the disaster that will follow. Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.” But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai. (Genesis 12:10-13, 17)

Bruce Wayne takes it upon himself to bring justice to Gotham City, but finds himself at odds with his former mentor, Ra's Al Ghul, a man whose methods of dealing with criminality are more extreme. Then Abraham approached (the Lord) and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?” The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” Genesis 18:23-26

21  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’  will enter the kingdom of heaven,  but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.   22  Many will say to me on that day,  ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’   23  Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor  i  and hate your enemy.’   44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,   45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:43-45)

Troubled priest Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is in a bad way; he is physically ill, drinking heavily, living alone in a barely-furnished house and he harshly pushes away the one person (Victoria Hill) who reaches out to him with concern. Finally he is summoned for a meeting with the pastor of his sister church, Reverend Joel Jeffers (Cedric Antonio Kyles), to address his lifestyle and behaviour. Jeffers: 'You're always in the Garden. Even Jesus wasn't always in the Garden, on his knees, sweating blood. He was on the Mount. He was in the marketplace. He was in the temple. But you, you're always in the Garden. For you every hour is the Darkest Hour.' Toller: 'I wasn't aware that I had offended.' Jeffers: 'Jesus doesn't want our suffering. - He suffered for us. He wants our commitment and our obedience.'

A priest, Father James, visits a convicted serial killer in prison. The murderer, Freddie Joyce, describes the thrill of his crimes to James. Joyce : You see the light go out in their eyes and you become God. Father James : No you don’t.