The R Rating of the Passion of The Christ
   
 
     The "R" of course is because of the violence, the gore.
 
     In movie terms "R" stands for RESTRICTED,
 
     but in this movie "R" stands for:
 
  
 
     RELEVANT,
 
     for
 
     REALISTIC,
 
     for it
 
     REALLY
 
     happened for a
 
     REASON
 
     because we were
 
     REBELLIOUS
 
     we needed a
 
     REDEEMER,
 
     we needed to be
 
     RECONCILED,
 
     we needed to be
 
     RECOVERED,
 
     we needed to be
 
     REGENERATED.
 
     Jesus needed to be
 
     REJECTED
 
     so that we could have a
 
     RELATIONSHIP
 
     not just a
 
     RELIGION.
 
     The
 
     "R"
 
     is to
 
     REMIND
 
     us to
 
     REMEMBER
 
     what Jesus did to
 
     REMOVE
 
     our sin to
 
     RENDER
 
     Satan powerless, to
 
     RESCUE
 
     us from eternity in hell.
 
     The
 
     "R"
 
     rating is to show that Jesus was
 
     RESPONSIBLE
 
     for giving you
 
     REST.
 
     As a
 
     RESULT
 
     of his death Jesus
 
     RETIRED
 
     your debt.
 
     The
 
     "R"
 
     rating means that some will be
 
     REPULSED,
 
     some will
 
     REFUSE
 
     to believe, some will be
 
     RELUCTANT,
 
     some will think you are
 
     RIDICULOUS
 
     in believing that a death was
 
     REQUIRED.
 
     The
 
     "R"
 
     rating means that the
 
     RESULT
 
     of sin has been
 
     REVERSED
 
     and now through faith in Christ your
 
     REWARD
 
     is eternity and you are now
 
     RIGHTEOUS
 
     before God because you have
 
     RECEIVED
 
     him as the
 
     RULER
 
     of your soul.
 
     What a
 
     REVOLUTIONARY
 
     and
 
     RADICAL
 
     solution to
 
     REDEEM
 
     mankind.
 
  
 
     Tim Stevenson, Senior Pastor
 
     Horizon Community Church
 
     Galt, California