The Wounds of God - An Animation About Doubt and Love at the Cross

'The Wounds of God' - Lyrics:

When every mouth around me cries
‘Your Lord is dead, your God a lie’
When every argument has failed
How then can Faith and Hope prevail?

Faith’s grasping hands, lay hold of mist
The mountain falls into the sea
Where once sure light illumined all
Now gloom obscures and darkness falls

Darkness, black as the night, all around me it devours my light.
Soaks like oil to the bones of my soul, and they will never know what they stole.

The skeptic’s mind the material eye, turning my faith and my hope to a lie.
Deconstructing the God I knew, now I live in a ruin that once seemed true.

Can I ever rebuild? Can I ever restore? Can Reason’s hands take hold of my Lord?
If only I could prove, if only I could know, if only I could regain my control.

The careful calculating mind
Seeks mast’ry of its Lord in vain
The tools with which we Nature know
Are all unfit her God to show.

He who is Love, as Love alone
Is e’er and only to be known
And so Beloved we must be
If the true God, we hope to see.

But Love itself is a chemical hoax, laid next to Beauty on twin catafalques
That’s the Truth their words imply, perceived by nature’s solitary eye.

Yet as my doubt deals this final blow, I pound a stake through the heart of my soul
‘Cause nothing that makes us truly alive appears before our material eyes.

So, what if true epistemology begins with blinded humility?
And into that blessed, broken place, flesh and blood reveal God’s face?

High lifted up on Calv’rys tree,
The face of Love looks full on me
Here bleeds the heart of Deepest Truth
Beauty unveiled, transcending proof

Beauty is True, and Truth Beauty
And both are Love, sung from the Tree
The Wounds of God! The Wounds of God!
Who will gainsay the Wounds of God?
Who will gainsay the Wounds of God?

Your hands, your side—my Lord, my God…

#doubt #deconstruction #exvangelical #theGospel #fear #hope #beauty #Jesus

[calebb]

The last scene echoing the skepticism of Thomas... Made me realize any partial doubts I have may be answered in the same way... feeling his wounds.

[chessplayer]

Doubt and fear are frightening. They can be cold and dark and unnerving. I know. But God is truth and God is light. Uncertainty can be a crossroads: we can move away from the Lord, or we can press further into Him. I’m walking this path right now, and I know so many else are as well. Let us continue to trust and continue to walk by faith. If God is strong enough to handle our sin, He is also strong enough to handle our questions.

“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him; let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;”
‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3‬:‭25‬-‭29‬

[Honey-zepz]

I am using a translator for this since I want to share a message, I am a 17 year old girl who about 10 months ago had the greatest gift that could be obtained from God, I learned about the gospel of the Lord Jesus and I could say that I was born again, but two months later I began to have doubts and I came to have a conviction of sin that was too strong, it was horrible since I could see and feel the sin in my heart, I couldn't do anything and it dominated me, I simply couldn't see the Lord Jesus, I couldn't get rid of the sin on my own strength, I was like this for 4 months, and I came to commit apostasy. Today I can say that I am looking for some way to return to the Lord, but my heart is so hardened because of my unbelief that it is impossible for me to even pray. I just want to tell whoever is reading this, please do not distance yourself from the truth of God, which is Christ Jesus, I can no longer repent and I do not want anyone to reach the same point as me, so please, cry out, pray, Seek Christ in his word, live for him and be proud of that, preach the true gospel. And please, pray for my life and soul

[chaoseclipse]

Absolutely beautiful! I’ve been dealing with attacks of doubt from the devil, even after growing up Christian and believing in all the proofs of His existence and creation. I hear about people turning away from faith as young adults after being raised like I was, and it feels like everyone around you is trying to convince you you’re brainwashed.
But God always makes Himself known to me, in one way or another. I’m finally getting baptized this Sunday after wanting to for 13 years. Praise Jesus!♥ And thank you for this wonderful piece of art bringing glory to His name and encouragement to His church!

[lordscrubington]

"So, what if true epistemology begins with blinded humility?
And into that blessed, broken place, flesh and blood reveal God’s face?"
What more can a man do than to adore the Lord in the Most Holy Sacrament!

[jrozlie]

Im just.... Speechless

This came at a very good time thay brought me healing

[iamhobbit]

Such a beautiful way to end - with the words of Thomas. My Lord and my God...

Thank you for this powerful work of art. Blessings in Christ!

[Shallsoar]

I appreciate the weight of the imagery! - The use of "dark fantasy" and iconography gifts a spiritual viewing experience! These illustrations surely needed weeks of work! I believe this artwork is nourishing for the Church!

[teeforever]

Wow... I'm grateful to have watched this today. The fact that for the past few months atheism, skeptism, and the amount of other religions have been overwhelming me to have an answer to them all. This just reminded me of the truth of God; the wounds He took for us sinners in the world to save us. Glory be to His Name, and salvation belongs to Him! Thank you immensely for this, and God bless you. 💜 ✝️ 🙏🏽

[frydagenao]

spechless, humbled, praising Jesus through my tears. Praise be to the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world!

[crystalaviles]

This couldnt have came at a better time, I have had the enemy in my head all year trying to pull me from my faith and Jesus and something always bring me back to him. Sin knocks at the door and i hate sinning knowing he bore all of our sins. Thank you God for not giving up on me even when doubting. Ill praise you all my days.

[elmedicodemedicos]

five times close to dying, my blood makes me remember that my wounds are nothing, I am only miserable, but by your wounds I am healed of my sin, I love you my Lord, with immense passion¡

[BroughtBackToBreathe]

I have found such a powerful statement in your videos... that of sorrow yet brought to warmth...

That of pain, yet freed from suffering

That of fear, yet brought to glory.

You are a son of God. I am glad to meet a brother that has walked in very tough places...

because your very testimony is for God's truth; that there is no abyss deep enough that the light of God does not reach.

[lucianaisabelriveraretamoz]

I've been going through a hard time facing doubt and incredulity. However, the Lord has prepared this video (it looked like it were just for me, but I know it's not haha) at the precise moment. Thank you Chris for your work, it glorifies the Lord in a terrific way! ❤🎉

[ryurem]

Dear pastor Chris,
I pray that this message finds you well. I wish to express my thanks to you. Over the months, I've found myself drifting, spiritually, away from the Lord and was having a lot of doubts about everything. By God's grace, recently I've stumbled across your YouTube channel and started watching the videos you've posted. Once again, I recognised and felt the presence of God while watching your videos (I started to bawl my eyes out haha). Your videos has helped me to connect back to God and once again return to Him. Thank you for your work. May the Lord continue to shine upon you and your works that you're doing in His name! Shalom!

[KrystelWarriorThroughJesus]

This pierced my soul. Thank you. Blessings and love from Mauritius Island. Glory to The Most High God.

[meenakshiverma]

I cried on 2 scenes: first was when his blood turned for us the communion cup, second when calvary cross is shown at high with sun in background and jesus restoring the person at the great height. I really loved these two scenes

[primitivecg]

Glory be to God, thank you for such masterpiece and accuracy on the theology. Praise Jesus!

[elischewa]

I am glad that I can understand English to some extent so that I can find help here in your pictures, posts and videos.
I found your homepage just before I broke down mentally and now you have this video which speaks so much into my life and this anxiety-inducing struggle. I am afraid of falling away but it is all so broken right now.
I was never raised Christian, I found Jesus 6 years ago when I was completely devastated from my life of drugs, alcohol, mental illness, self-harm, suicidal thoughts. Today I sometimes feel, especially emotionally, transported back to that time and it is very painful and feels like I found "nothing" 6 years ago, deceived myself. Something in me is holding on to HIM though, I just don't want to believe it was all lies and has no meaning. I want to hope and keep searching, even if it is hard. Thank you and love from Germany.

[Bob-hvmi]

Beautiful! Beautiful! Bravo! Glory to God for the existence of you! Much love