Key Convictions for Fingerprints in Film

 

Fingerprints in Film 

Key Convictions:

·        The Divine nature of God has been revealed in all that made, including in film and television, even if the creators of those films are not believers, because even the non-believer cannot escape the reality of His glory and presence and they cannot deny the desire in their own heart for God

·        By helping people to see the glory of God in film, which people consume a high quantity of today, we can help more people desire and come to Christ

·        By revealing the glory of God in film, we can help people see the greater glory of God in all things, and help remove the veil of blindness that the enemy has put over the non-believers

Key Verses and Tenets:

The centrality, omnipotence, and omnipresence of God in all things

Colossians 1:16-17 “For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

The Divine nature of God revealed the things that have been made

Romans 1:20 “For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.”

The spiritual blindness and illusions that the enemy has placed on the non-believer to prevent them from seeing the truth and the glory of God

2 Corinthians 4:4 “In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

Paul in Acts revealing Christ in his address to the Areopagus

Acts 17:22-28 “So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: ‘Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To the unknown go.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by mand, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’”