309.迎向光明 (Into the Light)

播出時間:2/9(四)23:10.2012(次日下午14:00重播)

頻道:GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★


角色:
James:詹姆士
Rachel:瑞秋
Amy Ann:艾咪安
Louise:露易絲
大意:
前科累累的騙徒詹姆士在與追求八年的女友瑞秋結婚當日心臟病發,並時時看見自己身處光明與黑暗之間,爾後被大片黑暗吞踫的異象,而決定改過向善。在醫院中,他開始勤行善事,彷彿判若兩人。在此同時,詹姆士認識了醫院中一名正值豆蔻年華卻來日無多的少女病患艾咪安,她對神的信心助她走到今天。詹姆士是否真心悔改?那似幻猶實的異象對他帶來何種衝擊?艾咪安的病情能否好轉?詹姆士的心態又會有何轉變?

短評/(劉鴻輝)
「你們得救是本乎恩,也因著信。這並不是出於自己,乃是神所賜的。也不是出於行為,免得有人自誇。」(以弗所書2:8~9)憂傷痛悔的心,神必不輕看。劇中詹姆士意欲透過善行進天國,在天使們的開導下明瞭謬誤,正與上述經節吻合。劇中似幼猶實的異象,也恰恰符合今日許多人們的光景。徘徊在明與暗間,不知該踏向何方。有些人行上帝真光中,有些人則飛蛾撲火地深入黑暗。然而,神就是光,在祂毫無黑暗。(約翰一書1:5)光明與黑暗本為兩人極瑞,一由上帝主宰,充滿愛與生命,神的同在直到永遠;一由魔鬼掌權,瀰漫恐怖與死亡,與神永遠隔絕。感謝神,耶穌說:「我是世界的光,跟從我的就不在黑暗裡走,必要得著生命的光。」(約翰福音8:12)人得救不在多少善行,全然在於是否接受早已為眾人償清罪債的耶穌!

劇中詹姆士在悔改後的轉變,與女友和艾吻女的重修舊好,大大顯示神的大能與慈愛能翻轉生命,去除過去一切污濁,更帶所有願意接受祂的人出黑暗入光明!劇末艾咪安臨終的場景,背景音樂真是基督徒耳熟能詳的聖詩『親愛主,牽我手』,歌詞與情境完美吻合。尤其在「經風暴,過黑夜,求領我,進光明。親愛主,牽我手,到天庭!」更將全劇主旨表達得淋漓盡致!

願你我都行在真神光中,讓祂牽著咱們的手,經風暴,過黑夜,進光明,入天庭!

※ 值得一提的是,全球賣座的<蜘蛛人>系列電影中飾演女主角Mary Jane的好萊塢女演員克莉絲汀鄧斯特(Kirsten Dunst)在劇中詮釋艾咪安一角。當年的她甫入影壇,本劇中的演出真切而動人。


Written by: R.J. Colleary
Directed by:Victor Lobl
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Guest Cast:
Amy Ann McCoy Kirsten Dunst
James Block David Marciano
Rachel Carson Block Lori Alan

James Block, a man with a heart condition--and a criminal past--gets a second chance after a near-death experience. He suffers a heart attack after marrying his girlfriend, Rachel to prevent her from testifying against him. While "dead," James sees Andrew walking toward the "light," though he himself moves in the opposite direction. Realizing he must change his ways, James initiates a campaign of good works. Tess and Monica are assigned as nurses at the hospital where he is fulfilling community-service he received for a crime. Neither angel is impressed, however, with his apparent change of heart--especially when they realize he records his good deeds in a notebook. James finds a kindred spirit in Amy Ann McCoy, a teenage Elvis Presley fan with cystic fibrosis. A bit of a con artist herself, the girl is unaware how serious her illness is. Meanwhile, James is haunted by a recurring nightmare of his near-death experience, finally realizing he was headed toward a roiling chasm of unending darkness. He again encounters Andrew, who admonishes, "Even if every one of your good deeds was a step to heaven, it would never reach high enough." Unnerved, James destroys his notebook and plans to skip Amy Ann's birthday party. Tess confronts him, telling him the teenager will soon die, and only her faith has sustained her all these years. James rails at God, but Tess tells him not to blame God for the mess he has made of his life. As Rachel starts to apologize to Amy Ann for James' absence, he arrives. But he puts a damper on the proceedings by telling the birthday girl how serious her illness is and that God doesn't care. A furious Tess orders him to leave the room, and Rachel tells her husband she hopes never to see him again. Seeing Andrew in the corridor, James realizes he is the Angel of Death and attacks him. But Andrew avoids the human's assaults, until Monica appears holding the notebook he had earlier destroyed. She tells him that hell is separation from God, and if he was on his way there, he was sending himself. Andrew then clarifies his earlier statement to James: no one can earn their way to heaven because only God's mercy can lift a soul up and take him there. Repenting of his misdeeds, James prays and turns his life over to God. Overhearing her husband, Rachel realizes her own prayers have been answered. James returns to a dying Amy Ann, reassuring her that God exists and to take His hand and walk toward the light. The teenager dies as Elvis' song, "Precious Lord" plays on a turntable.

 
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