7 Pounds and The Sacrifice of Christ

[Dedicated Mind]

Has anyone seen the new movie Seven Pounds? I think it is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

***Spoiler**** If you haven't seen the movie, don't read on. For those who will never see it:

It is about a man who kills seven people in a car accident. He then tries to find seven people he can help. He gets to know the people he tries to help to see if they are worthy of his help. He donates part of his liver to one, gives away his house to another. At the end of the movie he commits suicide in order to give a woman he has fallen in love with a much needed heart transplant due to a rare blood type.

What strikes me most about the movie is that he intentionally commits suicide in order to give the woman he loves a much needed heart transplant. Isn't that what Christ did for us? Could Christ have avoided his death by answering the pharisees, pilate and herod differently? Did Christ commit suicide for us? And does that devalue the redeeming quality of his sacrifice? Just some thoughts that the movie provoked in me as I pondered it.