Sermon Illustrations
Captain America Declares Loyalty to Friend
In the film Captain America: Winter Soldier, Captain America (Chris Evans) continues to fight Hydra, the powerful Nazi-like regime that has been pursuing evil since World War II. In the first film (2011), Captain America was frozen for about 65 years, from the war until present day. Now the audience finds out that he wasn't the only one who was frozen.
His fellow soldier and best friend, Bucky, was also a science experiment, but unlike Captain America, he was a product of evil. As the Winter Soldier, he is Hydra's secret weapon: ruthless, unfeeling, and deadly. He has no memories and feels no remorse. In one of the last scenes of the film, Captain America and Bucky battle head-to-head as Hydra attempts its evil plot of mass murder.
"You know me!" Captain America tells his friend and former fellow-soldier.
"No, I don't!" screams Bucky as he hurls himself at Captain America.
Captain America responds lovingly but firmly, "Bucky ... you've known me your whole life. Your name is James Buchanan Barnes."
Bucky screams at him to shut up.
"I'm not gonna fight you. You're my friend," Captain America says.
Bucky charges him. "You're my mission," he grunts.
"Then finish it," Captain America responds. "Cause I'm with you to the end of the line."
As Captain America says that, Bucky seems to recollect something from far ago. In fact, this was the phrase that the young men would tell each other during the war. In this moment, Bucky is given a glimmer of hope.
This scene occurs from 1:58:10-2:00:15