Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy

Chariots of Fire is a British film released in 1981. Written by Colin Welland and directed by Hugh Hudson, it is based on the true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

[@sandyreid4028]

He was such a wonderful example of an honourable, God fearing man.

[@thegadflygang5381]

Look into his later life He is one of the most special men ever. His example is as close to the Lord as one can strive Always falling short of His perfection, but putting forth an effort second to none

[@DonWan47]

He worshipped an imaginary figure.

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

My dad - before I was born - fought tooth and nail against getting a TV. After that, against getting a VCR also. After that battle also was lost, this video was among (at first) a select number available for watching. The VCR he purchased was still working 10 years later…

[@maryhoffman9674]

A man who was unwilling to compromise his beliefs for any reason. Too bad there aren't many people like that. Viva Christo Rey!

[@ozwunder69]

Mary Hoffman he knew months in advance and adapted his training to suit..still a very principled man

[@johnhumphrey9139]

Amen!

[@suzypaton1597]

Too bad there are to many people like you.. who want the others perfect lol take care of ur own business god takes care of me us ;)

[@JosephOber]

Samuel 2:30 “For those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be brought low.”

[@theovandelustgraaf8040]

He who honours God He will honour!

[@vandrive5687]

“The good book says, ‘For he who honors me, I shall honor.’”

[@virginiamiller9765]

In the present era, where there is so little respect for the honour of God, this singular man truly was and is a beacon of light, and made the world a better place with his singular dedication. God bless his soul and the brilliant remembrance of him.

[@JohnUSMC0311]

Amen. For those of us who worship the Lord our God and live for God, there is no compromise. Praise God!

[@susantherestorer]

This is one of many drama "adult" films I watched as a kid. It's one of my many movie favorites. The film does a beautiful job of showing the many sides of each character in a very human way. The filmmakers show you the way each character believed about God and life, including keeping Christianity in a very positive light, and then lets you decide on what you believe about each subject matter. Too bad films aren't made this way anymore.....

[@trevorwatkins5015]

"Does it make all that difference?"..."Yeah, yeah it does." Faith, personified.

[@spikeep6141]

Yes, Indeed So - for what else could be said of such a one as he : The *Substance* of Things *Hoped-for,* and *Evidence* of Things *Not-Seen* : Eric Liddell.

[@evygil]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!

[@vcab6875]

Liddle listened to his Inner Voice and acted upon it.

[@johnhumphrey9139]

He obeyed Scripture.

[@MO123rules]

I love the scene with the prince where one of the men points out why it would ruin Eric Liddell to run on Sunday. He believes in God. His inspiration and motivation for running comes from his belief in God. He believes Sunday is only for God. If you cut off one of his beliefs, you cut him off from his source of motivation. A person's motivation is almost as important as his or her skill. Eric's beliefs are his core.

[@henrybemis8913]

His heart was in the right place but his Theology is all wrong. There is nothing in the New Testament that says you cannot work or run on Sunday. I do not know where he gets the idea that "God's Law" says you cannot do non Religious things on Sunday.

[@francispaternoster1484]

July 31st, 2018. I agree with your comments regarding the Duke of Sutherland, and that a man's motivation is important, but is it not more important? Is this not the point of his message from earlier in the film when he asks, Where does the power come from to see the race to its end? that it comes from within? Thank you for your comments. Your enthusiasm is encouraging. Francis Paternoster.

[@francispaternoster1484]

By the way, I wholeheartedly agree with you on this scene, I thought that it was well done, and is one of my favorite as well. Francis Paternoster

[@nelsonperezmorales8733]

Sabbath is saturday.

[@barrettincognito]

Henry Bemis the Ten Commandments are held to be law by several Christians

[@jimmyfong9420]

My favorite movie all time #chariotsoffire

[@davidarroniz6839]

Mine too, it's not even close. I wish they made more movies likes this.

[@cg0825]

The fact that Eric Liddell was willing to give it all up to honor God by not competing on Sunday is amazing--and even more that he was given another chance at a medal and won the gold in an event he was not favored to win. I'm not sure I could imagine what that would be like if someone did that today

[@whiteandblackzebra7005]

Damn. I was enjoying that song. Have a nice day and ciao for now

[@johnhaley1325]

1:45 to 2:02 another piece of Vangelis perfection, mixed perfectly with wind and ocean and the voices that reaffirms his faith

[@beowolf19751]

Awesome movie!

[@mariagibbons8437]

Still his attitude inspires me...

[@stefan-anamericaninrussiaa6683]

At the end, Abrahams trying very hard to not be ‘Jewish’.. This film was very much about his struggle, also.. Brilliantly done..

[@caedmonnoeske3931]

I can't say how much I respect him for his stand. Even though I (and I am, like him, a Confessional Presbyterian) disagree with his stance on Sunday activities.

[@pseudopetrus]

Love God above all else and doors will open!

[@georgianadarcy9072]

The Sabbath day is Saturday!!! It was given immediately after creating the human beings.

[@doctor1alex]

It was, and since Christ came, His resurrection has been celebrated on Sunday which is referred to as the Lord's day in Scripture. The historic reformed view is that, in keeping with the moral law of the Sabbath rest on the 7th day of the week, Christians should observe this on the Lord's day (first day of the week - Sunday). There is difference of opinion concerning Sabbath observance within Christian circles though.

[@georgianadarcy9072]

@@doctor1alex , there is no law or recommendation given by Jesus or God the Father related to Sunday, people changed Saturday, not the Divinity, so it's man made.

[@doctor1alex]

@@georgianadarcy9072 And what do you therefore say to the Scriptures which, inspired by God the Holy Spirit Himself, speak of the "Lord's Day" (Revelation 1:10) and of the first Christian believers who gathered under the authority of the apostles on the first day of the week? Here is a helpful article concerning the the word of God and the first day of the week - carm.org/religious-movements/seventh-day-adventism/scriptures-dealing-first-day-week

[@thealbionarchivist9127]

@@georgianadarcy9072 Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week, after the Jewish Sabbath, which is Sunday.

[@michellemabelle6531]

@@thealbionarchivist9127 no he roseSaturday night. 3 days 3 nights You need a sign? Jonah was our sign.

[@broadstreet21]

Reality was he found out about the heat six months earlier and opted to run in the 400 metre race.

[@johnturner2636]

Reality says the British Olympic Association knew long before there would be a conflict and in their arrogance they assumed Liddell could be bullied and intimidated into breaking the Sabbath.

[@vadimzdonutube]

If that journalist hadn’t told Liddell that the heat was on Sunday, then how would he have known? Was he going to ask or was someone going to tell him off-hand? I know that in real life Liddell knew well in advance and had time to prepare, but taking such liberties can only go so far

[@theresamahfouz790]

In the real story, Eric Liddell only knew a few months in advance that the 100 meter heats were on Sunday and had barely ever run the 400 meters, so it's still just as remarkable. Imagine transforming yourself from a 100 meter runner to a 400 meter runner in just a few months and then winning the Olympic gold from the outside lane when the whole world had counted you out. It was remarkable.

[@zytigon]

I think it should have been, remember the Sabbath and keep it fun

[@gloriouse4458]

WHO CARES WHO UNDERSTANDS 😅DO U UNDERSTAND YOU, IS THE QUESTION 🤔🤠👍🏽💝

[@zytigon]

Thanks for the video. Have you read about Jonathan Edwards the British triple jumper who won olympic golds ? In his youth he refused to compete on Sundays but his Dad, a Vicar, wisely advised him that he was wasting his talents. What do you do on Sunday for fun ? Read books that you find interesting, go to museums, play sport, go on outings, other hobbies. Sitting around doing nothing is a waste. Did the film misrepresent Liddle when it showed him telling the boys to stop playing football ?

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Of course not. Playing sport on the Sabbath in Scotland back then, especially in the Highlands, was a huge no-no. My dad grew up in the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland (in NZ) and it was the same.

[@johnhumphrey9139]

The joy and peace and the blessing of the Lord is not sitting around doing nothing. Isaiah 58:13-14.

[@zytigon]

@@johnhumphrey9139 i prefer Isaiah 58:9-10, "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness"

[@johnhumphrey9139]

@@zytigon Amen! And the blessings of obeying God will follow. Its no yoke but a light one to walk with Christ and honor God on the Sabbath. A great joy!

[@johnhumphrey9139]

@@zytigon Plus you can't pick and chose which Scripture you like or want. It's up to God not us. Obey and honor Him. Blessings... (also correction, lite yoke)

[@YourLocalRealist]

Eric was a man of principle. He just got the day wrong. But his devotion to God was unquestioned.

[@johnhumphrey9139]

I think Eric Liddell was raised on this teaching, which is Biblical. Please take the time to read. Thanks! "To a professing Christian who argues that Sabbath keeping is legalism, especially within the discussion group, I personally would respond in this way: I would request them to turn oi their Bible to the classic passage requiring Sabbath keeping, of course Exodus 20:8. I would then ask them to read aloud to the group the whole of Exodus 20, verses 1-17. Then point out that the Sabbath keeping Commandment is embodied in the 'Ten Commandments.' Is society, and are Christians especially, then free to commit murder, to commit adultery, to steal and lie? If we say, no! Then why, on such reasoning, are not keeping away from these crimes also 'legalism'? You simply cannot separate what God has joined together. The Commandants are a package (written by God's own finger!): if one is legal burden than all are, and there is an end to all society and civilization! We should note that the Commandments are the foundation of all law. The bedrock on which all law is based cannot itself be 'legalism'! What is more: even within the foundational Ten Words the Sabbath one holds a special place. Sabbath keeping is a creation ordinance, by no means instituted at Sinai (remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy). The Sabbath ordinances, along with that of marriage (one man and one woman) were instituted by God even before the fall of man. How may a decree of God, set up before sin even entered the world (and remember that all law was added because of sin!) be labelled 'legalism'? It is notorious that the height of modern apostasy and rebellion against God has seen the attempted destruction of the two creation ordinances, Godly marriage, and keeping the Sabbath. Surrender or compromise on either and the church is in a deadly danger: 'if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?' (Psalms 11:3). The Christian, as a Christian, is mandated by God to keep the Sabbath, and to keep it 'strictly', with no exceptions but those involving necessity and mercy. There is no spiritual health in anything less." I think that is the teaching of the Bible, and the Church has strayed from the Word to satisfy itself and the culture. We are here to Glorify God and obey Him. I would say that Eric Liddell would agree with the statement above if he were here to testify. Thanks for reading...

[@rosemarygomes6861]

Sunday worship is worshipping the sun. The sabbath day is Saturday not Sunday. Sunday was never the sabbath it's an impostor to the true sabbath which is Friday sunset to Saturday sunset

[@theresamahfouz790]

Sabbath is the 7th day of the week. Day 7 of the International Standard ISO 8601 calendar is actually Sunday. Only the US, Canada, and Japan have Sunday as the first day of the week. Also, Sunday is regarded as the day of resurrection. It's just a coincidence that it also happens to be the day that pagans worshipped the sun.

[@liduck52]

Why is that guy telling Liddell he'll speak to the French? The French are hosting the Olympics,not running it. Wouldn't he need to speak to the International Olympic Committee to get the race moved to another day?

[@Gg-zd8xz]

In those days, although nominally the IOC ran it, in actual fact the host nation had a massive amount of responsibility in running the Olympics. Everything from scheduling to adding sports. It was only really postwar that the IOC grew in stature and ran the whole thing

[@Micha-ee8ej]

what’s the song in the end called?

[@bryanhultgren7215]

What is the song they are singing at the end, never knew what it was?

[@maryjanelevasseur4474]

Bryan Hultgren Gilbert and Sullivan. Pirates of Penzance. Not sure of spelling

[@termeownator]

With Cat-Like Tread. This flick just wouldn't be the same without Gilbert and Sullivan

[@DECrissman]

But Sunday is the Lord's day, the day of resurrection, not the Sabbath, Sabbath is Friday Sundown to Saturday Sundown.

[@theresamahfouz790]

Some Christians observe Sabbath on the Lord's day. Also, Sunday is the 7th day in the European calendar. Therefore, it was the Sabbath for Eric Liddell.

[@theopinion9452]

Thankfully,Titanic was not yet built!

[@ANTOONEIRROODDOLAKEI-zq9ju]

many people have raced for the divine and won only but one person not raced because of the divine and won and the name his is eric liddel

[@djdndnfjf7251]

Pov: mr Sumba sent u here

[@georgeclarke8424]

Old Testament dogma. A good Christian would keep every day holy.

[@georgianadarcy9072]

God made holy only Saturday, not every day!!! Even God Himself rested on Saturday.

[@matheusgoncalves4964]

If all the days are Holy you wouldnt work in any day. Sabbath is saturday a day for the Lord.

[@theresamahfouz790]

lol Then nobody would work, lol.

[@henrybemis8913]

You would think Eric LIddell would have foreseen a problem like this happening. It is probably not the first Sunday race he had to turn down in his life. ALSO it is NOT "God's Law" that you cannot do things on Sunday. The Mosaic rest day was Saturday. There is NO New Testament "Law" that says you cannot work or run on Sunday.

[@iandavidsson5674]

Not the day of the week but the Sabbath, which in European calendar falls on Sunday. While it is true that no New Testament law says you cannot work on Sabbath, the New Testament is not a renunciation of Mosaic Law but a completion of it. He's not wrong for holding to his rites.

[@robbiemacinnes8517]

Eric actually found out about it 8 months before. He refused to buckle under the pressure applied by the press and commentary of the time. Back then his views were much more commonly held in Scotland (less so in England) than now. He also refused to run in the 100m relay race where GB finished 3rd, his refusal was criticised in the press.

[@henrybemis8913]

My point is that it would not have been a Sin to run a race on Sunday......

[@theresamahfouz790]

@@henrybemis8913 It's called conviction. It is a sin if you have a conviction and don't honor it.

[@henrybemis8913]

I am still waiting for a NT chapter and verse to prove that it is a sin to do anything but go to Church on a Sunday.

[@david.garrido]

Sunday, NOT Sabbath!!. Congregacionalist, NOT Adventist...

[@gutgolf74]

LOL, there is no such thing as "God's law" - it's a man-made rule, in part to protect people, but very often used to supress and criminalize them and give them bad feelings... It's all so transparent, once you get out of that "Thy shall believe" nonsense. Still a good movie, and it IS a good message that sometimes personal beliefs and your conscience should be more important than the objective gain (*pointing to any sportsperson who considers playing in Saudi Arabia, e.g.). But too many believed that obeying religious rules would make them a good person - a BETTER person than others, actually, they'd consider "heathen" or heretics. So don't let that bother you too much. Honour the Sunday, make use of it to spend time with the family. But don't let anyone fool you into believing this is "GOD'S WILL"!!!

[@GaryM67-71]

Satan has you nicely duped I see.

[@gutgolf74]

@@GaryM67-71 LOL, luckily there's no Satan either! I hope one day you'll find that you are the victim of evil and anachronistic indoctrination!

[@chokin78]

I don't fucking roll on shabbos!

[@Cool2BCeltic]

The Sabbath is a day for playing football! And if he won, and was running in God's name, God would be indifferent as to whether it was on a Sunday. To run would be against God's law? Surely he realised that if he won in God's name he would be doing good on the Sabbath. I also don't believe God is a spoilsport.

[@theresamahfouz790]

It's called conviction. If you go against your conviction, you're sinning. He had a conviction not to run on the Sabbath.

[@Cool2BCeltic]

@@theresamahfouz790 Sabbatarianism is a load of harmful anti-social nonsense, deriving from a myth that the world was created in seven days.

[@charlespirate1]

Absurd.