"Everyone is tempted, but he is led by lust, and lust, when conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, which conceives, brings forth death."
The movie begins with three lines describing the lives of three completely unrelated people. Taxi drivers, idlers, and a new lawyer. It seemed that it took a long time to finally connect these three people together. The loafer kills the taxi driver, and the lawyer defends the loafer. This scene appeared in the TV series "The Distance Between Us and Evil". It's just that the murderer's motive is still given at the end: because his sister was run over by his friend, a truck driver, after being drunk, so he wandered outside. But just like he once threw stones at the car below on the elevated, killing the taxi driver was not because the taxi driver offended him, it might just be a simple act of evil. Perhaps many times the reasons for committing crimes seem to be sufficient, but in fact they are not worth looking into. Possibly just doing evil for the sake of doing evil.
And he himself was condemned by his conscience. When he saw the driver's dentures falling out, he was obviously stunned and panicked. The panic turned to fear at the sight of the driver's bloody face and wide-open eyes, so he hurriedly covered the driver's face with a cloth to avoid looking directly at him. And when the driver finally struggles to say that you can take the money and just save your life, the conscience's rebuke looks like it's going to save him, he struggles to the point of confusion, and pauses for a few seconds. But in the next moment, he looked for stones and continued to smash the driver to death. There is a kind of shattered decision: if we have reached this point, we should just commit the crime to the end.
"Death! Where is your power overcoming? Death! Where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law."
The movie doesn't tell how he subverted the law, but he was tried and convicted in a court of justice. Finally, before the execution, after confirming the identity information with him, the chief prosecutor read out the basis for the sentence, as well as the charges and punishment. Before that, he asked a lawyer to get that cherished communion photo. Before going on the road, another priest prayed for him, and he held the priest's hand tightly. According to the laws of the state representing righteousness, he could not escape death. Once the sentence is handed down, no matter how aggressively you admit your wrongdoing, the punishment will not be revoked. I don't know if he was really sad and contrite about his sin, or if he was going to the doctor because of a sickness. But if he really repents, the church still has the authority to accept him. But when people are desperate and desperate, they may not be able to tell whether they are truly repenting or if they are sick and go to the doctor. Even one's own faith can't confirm whether it's true or not, and can only rely on the mercy of the one to whom the faith points.
While watching the movie, I was thinking, if he was convicted and was about to be executed, someone told him that your sins were forgiven. Someone took the blame for you, and gave you his righteousness and holiness, and you were not only acquitted, but pleased with the Most High. How would he react.
May we have true freedom.
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