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Gladiator: What We Do in Life Echoes in Eternity (2 Corinthians 5:10)

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Maximus in Gladiator reminds his soldiers that what we do in life echoes in eternity. A general who becomes a slave who becomes a gladiator who defies an emperor - his life demonstrates the truth of his words. Paul writes that we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due for things done in the body. Maximus fights not for the crowd but for his murdered family, for Rome, for something beyond the arena. His death in the Colosseum is not defeat but victory - he dies free, having done what was right. Eternity judges our choices.

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Scripture References

2 Corinthians 5:10Hebrews 11:13-16Revelation 14:13

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