Sinners is a movie which is intended to be about racism,
cultural oppression, colonialism, black culture, anti-religion, and anti-Christianity.
As usual, I can make Christian observations about the film which are probably
unintended by the director.
“Son, you keep dancin’ with the Devil, one day, he’s gonna
follow you home,” from a pastor father to Sammie, nicknamed Preacherboy, who is
aching to become famous for his outstanding blues guitar and singing talent.
Sammie hooks up with two morally fluid brothers who are opening a juke joint.
This sets up a conflict when two white men and a woman show up that night
wanting to join in the fun. The problem is that they are vampires.
One man about to be killed/turned into a vampire begins to
loudly quote the Lord’s Prayer. All the vampires join in and help complete the
quotation. This seems to be intended to show that Christianity has no power
against evil.
A Christian response: the frightened man’s words were just
that, words, and they did have no power. There is a difference between knowing
and believing. The power is not in the words. They are not a Magick spell. God
is not our genie in a bottle. The words have power only as they are used by the Holy Spirit.
Satan can quote scripture. He quoted Psalms 91:11-12
while tempting Jesus to misuse his authority (Matthew 4:1-11, Luke
4:1-13). Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44).
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