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Iraneal: /* Faith & Film IX - The Wizard of Oz */

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‎Faith & Film IX - The Wizard of Oz

Iraneal: /* Faith & Film IX - The Wizard of Oz */

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‎Faith & Film IX - The Wizard of Oz

Iraneal at 00:57, 3 January 2021

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	"His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature. For this very reason, YOU must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love."		"His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature. For this very reason, YOU must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love."
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		+	Like Dorothy, like the Scarecrow and the Tin Man, like the Cowardly Lion--God has already given each one of you all the heart, all the brains, and all the courage you need to love your neighbors, to help strangers, to overcome evil, and find your way on the long journey that leads you over the rainbow, down the yellow brick road, beyond the emerald city, and at last to your eternal home.

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	Of course, the irony here is that the Wizard--even though he's not what they thought he was, even though he does not magically take away their problems--is the one who shows them that they have always had everything they need within themselves to solve their problems. Okay, technically it's the Good Witch Glinda who points this out to Dorothy, but we'll consider her to be like an angel, a messenger of God, so it's the same idea.		Of course, the irony here is that the Wizard--even though he's not what they thought he was, even though he does not magically take away their problems--is the one who shows them that they have always had everything they need within themselves to solve their problems. Okay, technically it's the Good Witch Glinda who points this out to Dorothy, but we'll consider her to be like an angel, a messenger of God, so it's the same idea.

−	We worship Jesus as the one who was fully divine, but also at the same time fully human.	+	We worship Jesus as the one who was fully divine, but also at the same time fully human. And our Bible teaches us, in 2nd Peter 1:3-7, that:
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		+	"His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature. For this very reason, YOU must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love."

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	====The Man Behind the Curtain====		====The Man Behind the Curtain====
		+	Near the end of the film, having completed the task given to them by the Wizard of Oz, at great danger to themselves, the four companions make a shocking discovery about the Great and Powerful Wizard.
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	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQxD4Ff7dY Film Clip #4 - Wizard Revealed (1:43)]		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQxD4Ff7dY Film Clip #4 - Wizard Revealed (1:43)]
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		+	I love that last line: I'm a very good man--I'm just a very bad wizard. It hints at the dual nature that we want, that we expect from our divine beings. We want them to be great and powerful (good wizards, able to solve all our problems) but we also want them to be good persons (like us, relatable to us). It's a tricky balance, and many of the things (or people) we place our hope and faith in, just like the Wizard of Oz, can be one but not the other.
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		+	Dorothy says in the clip, "If you were really great and powerful you would keep your promises!" I have known so many people, that when God doesn't answer their prayers in exactly the way they hoped for, they feel like someone has pulled back the curtain, and the man behind the curtain can no longer be the God they once believed in, and so they walk away from faith altogether.
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		+	Of course, the irony here is that the Wizard--even though he's not what they thought he was, even though he does not magically take away their problems--is the one who shows them that they have always had everything they need within themselves to solve their problems. Okay, technically it's the Good Witch Glinda who points this out to Dorothy, but we'll consider her to be like an angel, a messenger of God, so it's the same idea.
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		+	We worship Jesus as the one who was fully divine, but also at the same time fully human.

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 ====Heart, Soul & Mind====
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdh9JhwZ8nc Film Clip #3 - If I Only Had the Nerve (1:07)]
 ====The Man Behind the Curtain====
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQxD4Ff7dY Film Clip #4 - Wizard Revealed (1:43)]

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 ====Follow the Yellow Brick Road====
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3DD3vDyuog Film Clip #2 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road (2:41)]
 ====Heart, Soul & Mind====

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	====Three Minute Film Synopsis====		====Three Minute Film Synopsis====
		+	How many of you have NOT ever seen the Wizard of Oz? This film routinely shows up in listings of the top three most watched movies of all time, and it received more votes from you than any other film in our survey, more than any film in ANY decade of the 20th century, so unless you've lived your entire life under a very large rock...I think a one minute film synopsis should do just fine.
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		+	Dorothy Gale is a young girl who lives on a farm in Kansas, until her house is swept away by a tornado which deposits her (and the house) in a fantasy world called Oz, full of witches, wizards, munchkins and flying monkeys. In order to find her way home, Dorothy embarks upon a journey to the Emerald City, the home of the great and powerful wizard of Oz. Along the way, she befriends a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, and is antagonized by the wicked witch of the west, whom she ultimately defeats with a cup of cold water. The great wizard of Oz turns out to be a bit of a fraud, but does help her three friends overcome their issues. Dorothy says goodbye to her friends, and with some help from the good witch of the North, she returns home to her family by clicking her magical ruby red slippers together and repeating the words, "there's no place like home."

	====Follow the Yellow Brick Road====		====Follow the Yellow Brick Road====

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	====The Man Behind the Curtain====		====The Man Behind the Curtain====
−	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQxD4Ff7dY Film Clip #4 - ]	+	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQxD4Ff7dY Film Clip #4 - Wizard Revealed (1:43)]

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 ====Follow the Yellow Brick Road====
-*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3DD3vDyuog
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3DD3vDyuog Film Clip #2 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road (2:41)]
 ====Heart, Soul & Mind====
-*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdh9JhwZ8nc
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdh9JhwZ8nc Film Clip #3 - If I Only Had the Nerve]
 ====The Man Behind the Curtain====
-*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQxD4Ff7dY
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQxD4Ff7dY Film Clip #4 - ]