The Lesson For Christians In The "Wonder Woman" Movie

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There's this little movie out in theaters right now called "Wonder Woman". Maybe you have heard of it, since it is smashing records at the box office and making history for the women behind the scenes. Being the geek that I am, I watched it twice within the first five days it was in theaters, and I loved every minute of it. If you have not watched it yourself, read on at your own risk. There are some spoilers ahead.

The most surprising thing to me and the group of 20 church-going women with whom I saw "Wonder Woman" on opening day: the powerful Biblical parallels that can be applied to us right now.

Yeah, you read that correctly.

Early on in the film, Hippolyta tells Diana a story of war and how it came to be. It follows Greek mythology of Zeus, the king of the gods, creating humans to be good creatures. Ares, the god of war, became jealous and corrupted man, sparking evil behaviors and bloodshed. Sound familiar? Sounds a lot like the creation story and the battle between God and Lucifer if you ask me.

Without going too deep into the plot, Diana leaves her safe home island of Themyscira with an Allied spy to go kill Aires, which would break his spell over mankind and return earth to peace. Despite some wonderfully done fight scenes, Diana's plan does not quite work out. She and Cap. Steve Trevor get into a fight, where she rehashes some of her mother's final words in the film, "Be careful in a world of men. They do not deserve you." Steve tells her that it's not what about what is deserved, but what you believe.

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It's a point she does not full comprehend this until she sees Steve sacrifice himself for the greater good. The grief breaks her free and she finds herself positioned to kill a human who succumbed to Ares' whispers (helloooo, Lucifer!). In that moment, she flashes back to a conversation we could not hear earlier in the film. It's the conversation where he tells her that he loves her, then runs off to sacrifice himself for the people at the base.

Instead of killing the human, she marches toward Ares and says, "It's not about 'deserve'. It's what you believe, and I believe in love."

That moment is so incredibly powerful and appropriate for the time we are living. How many times do we, as Christians, discount our ability to do something or forget who we are? Just like Diana, we are created from the dust of the earth and brought to life by the breath of God (Genesis 2:7). He is the King of Kings, so therefore, as His children, we are royalty. (Romans 8:17a, Romans 8:14, John 1:12). The last verse there specifically says, "to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God."

It's not about what we deserve, but what we believe. If you believe God is who He says He is, then you have to take His word about who you are too. You have the authority through the King of Kings to be a warrior princess (or prince) on mission to set the world right.

And how does that happen? Through love.

1 John 4:8 says, "But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love." If you have spent any time in Christianity, you have probably heard that the goal is to be like Christ, therefore, our goal is to be a picture of love to the world.


It's not our place to judge, because we ourselves are not worthy. Judging others knocks you out of the promise too. Instead, we are to fight darkness by being the light of love; by being like Jesus.

God cannot be defeated, so we should draw power from His example. We fight from a place of victory, not for it. Since we have already won, we should fearlessly run into battle like Diana leaving the trenches, knowing that no weapon formed against us will prosper.

My dear wonder women around the world, don't listen to the whispers of the enemy leading you toward destruction. Don't listen to the people who speak negativity and say you cannot achieve your purpose. Be like Diana. Know what God created you to do. Fight fiercely and fearlessly to achieve that goal. You are a warrior princess for the King of Kings, and He created you to do great things.