Mark 13:13 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has taken away an Oscar nomination from an independent Christian film following outrage from Oscar watchers and industry members.
The Academy claims that a former member of the board of Governors who sits on the Academy’s music branch’s executive committee violated rules against lobbying by e-mailing members of the music branch about the song during the nomination period.
The film had made a small run in Los Angeles to allow it to qualify for Oscar consideration before going into wider release next year. The tactic is very common for smaller films and was used this year for Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Wind Rises” to get a nomination for Best Animated Feature.
The nomination was first attacked by critics who tried to disqualify the song claiming the movie did not purchase advertisements for the run of the movie in Los Angeles. The Academy ruled in that case the show times published in the newspapers of the area qualified as meeting the advertising requirement.
The Academy has not previously taken action against someone sending an e-mail to members asking them to nominate a song for Oscar consideration.
Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. 1 John 3:13
“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your REWARD in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:11
“If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.” John 15:1
Let us seek the REWARD instead of the AWARD for the awards of this world are temporal and fleeting, but let us seek the REWARDS that the kingdom of heaven have to offer for they are eternal and infinitely more rewarding. Hallelujah !
When the Queen of Sheba came to see Solomon, she noticed how blessed everyone around him was just to be in his presence and hear his great wisdom; that would include the 1000 women in his harem! Jesus said the lilies of the field were more glorious than Solomon in all his glory, hey! even though they neither toil nor spin (it’s not by works). He said your heavenly Father wants to do better than that for you, and make you more glorious still if you would continue to seek first the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness, that all these things will be added to you. Luke 12:27 Hallelujah! Problem solved!