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\nActor Jim Caviezel said he chooses to star in a film if he thinks it will \u201cbring the most souls to Christ,\u201d according to an interview with The Christian Post published on Good Friday.
Caviezel, who played Jesus in 2004\u2019s smash hit \u201cThe Passion of the Christ,\u201d described an encounter with God that has shaped his faith ever since.
\u201cWhen [God] came close to me in \u2018The Passion\u2019 when I was on that cross, [He said], \u2018They don\u2019t love me. There are very few,’\u201d said Caviezel, who plays Luke in the currently running \u201cPaul, Apostle of Christ.\u201d \u201cI was like, \u2018Well, I\u2019m going to love You, and I\u2019m going to tell You that I love You.\u2019 Tell it publicly, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m less afraid of ISIS than I am the media.\u201d
\u201cThat\u2019s why our Lord is so alone \u2014 His creatures do not love Him,\u201d Caviezel told The Christian Post. \u201cAnd, He could force Himself on us, but would that be love? I don\u2019t think so. I\u2019m so blessed because I get to convey those stories, but do it in a way\u2026 that I know can bring the most souls back to Him, even those that don\u2019t believe.\u201d
Caviezel described several life-changing events that occurred before learning about \u201cPaul, Apostle of Christ,\u201d the most significant of which were images of Christians crucified by ISIS terrorist groups last year, shown to him by Navy SEAL friends.
\u201cI got this script, and I read it, and I immediately thought, \u2018Wow, saints, murdered, killed,\u2019 and I thought about Frank being a mentor, and I thought that maybe Paul was a mentor to Luke, like Frank was to me, and it that\u2019s how it organically happened,\u201d Caviezel told the Post.
Caviezel\u2019s newest movie focuses on the persecuted church through the eyes of an imprisoned Paul and his friend Luke, who visits and learns from him.
\u201cWhen James and John are talking, \u2018I want to sit at your right and left hand side,\u2019 that\u2019s what appealed to me,\u201d the actor said. \u201cAnd, I saw Paul being like that, and Luke being like that, that they would go the extra mile. There\u2019s so many of us that are called, but few choose.\u201d
\u201cChrist is the most authentic thing that ever was and the people that really affected my life were those that I played on screen, and Jesus.\u201d
Read the entire interview here .
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