Even celebrities die... It's appointed unto man once to die, then to face judgment (Heb. 9:27). Where will you end up (Rom 10:9,10)?
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 1, 2013
CELEBRITY TRAGEDY!! - PAUL WALKER DEAD @ 40 Nov.30,2013
Even celebrities die... It's appointed unto man once to die, then to face judgment (Heb. 9:27). Where will you end up (Rom 10:9,10)?
Monday, November 21, 2011
A Pastor's lament on Twilight
This movie seems to be taking America, and our youth by storm. And it seems strongly appealing to women, because of its strong message on Romance and the theme of validation of personhood. But are the answers it's giving really Biblical? And what of the occult nature of the film, is it okay for Christians to watch and enjoy, or to be obsessed with such a topic?
Some people will make the case that Twilight is simply fantasy. Fantasy is a powerful thing, because it engages the person's imagination and feelings, and now with movie media, it may employ fantastical effects and music, which manipulates the emotions. Many of today's movies and TV series employ the use of these computerized effects with music to manipulate the audience and bring them in line with the message of the movie. And emotions are a powerful thing.
Some may make the case that Twilight is no different than C.S. Lewis' use of fantasy. But here's where the difference lies, in Lewis' chronicles of Narnia, they employ analogies to convey Biblical, spiritual truths to children, as Aslan was an accurate analogy of Christ dying for the sins of Edmund (the world; Jn. 3:16). But Twilight is using occult ritual, belief and lore to teach about the "un-dead," those cursed to live an eternal darkness, yet it is portrayed in the movies as being a good thing to be on the side of darkness and eternally accursed (Is. 5:20)!
Wicca is known to be one of the fastest growing religions in America today. Our kids' exposure/desensitization to witchcraft/sorcery and magic that has appeared exponentially on TV shows today. It's one of Satan's tools, people are indoctrinated through movies.
"We know that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one." 1 Jn. 5:19
"in which you formerly walked, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience." Eph. 2:2
These verses tell us that Satan controls the world (remember when he offered Jesus the kingdoms of the world), and that he is presently working in the world.
Acts 19 speaks of when Paul was in Ephesus, a great center for witchcraft, sorcery and astrology, and tells how in verse Acts 19:19, a mass number of Christians who had not yet renounced witchcraft renounced and burnt their magical papyri, totalling 50,000 days wages. Even though this people had accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, and were now indwelt with the holy spirit, they had not renounced their association with or practice of witchcraft, of 'daimon guides,' who were spirits that took up residence within the people, and brought other daimons in the name of serving the practitioner. After seeing the failed attempt of an exorcism performed by non-believers in the name of Jesus, the believers saw the reality of the message of Christ, and of His complete authority over demons (by their own admission), they then renounced and burnt their books which instructed them in the ways of the demonic.1
The Apostle Peter warns believers: "Be of sober spirit, be on the alert, your adversary, the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." (1 Ptr. 5:8).
Why would Peter need to warn believers about being devoured by Satan? Wasn't he defeated on the cross? Don't they have the Holy Spirit in them? How does Peter, being inspired by the Spirit (2 Ptr. 1:21) write this for believers? Clearly there is a danger for believers to be 'devoured' by Satan. Or what about the man handed over to Satan for the destruction of His flesh but the salvation of his soul?
Some say that the Twilight series is just harmless fantasy. Pornography is also fantasy. Is it okay for a Christian man to enjoy pornography? Any believer would clearly say no. There have cases where people have received demons through their involvement with viewing/delighting in pornography. How is that different from viewing/delighting in a movie about occultic creatures, such as Vampires (the eternally damned, unchristian) who twist and pervert the truth.
What does scripture state about our entertainment choices, upon which we are to think/"dwell on"?
Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Does this fit the Twilight movies? Is this something we would watch for entertainment with Jesus? I'm not trying to anger anyone, but get people to think through the issues.
I am trying to warn against something that is quickly sweeping through the church. What happens when church leadership embraces the demonic? Is God pleased with such things?
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
For His people, the Church, God commands us to come out and be separate. He doesn't tell us it's okay to enjoy movies about Satanic rituals and child sacrifice. What agreement does light have with darkness? what agreement does Christ have with Belial? "Come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord.
1 John 5:20-21
20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
Footnote:
1 Arnold, Clinton E., 3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare. Baker Books: Grand Rapids. 1997. p. 91-92.
"[O]ne magical text explains how to perform a ritual in which "a daimon comes as an assistant who will eat and sleep with you." This being is then described as "a god; he is an aerial spirit which you have seen." Once the door is opened, others invade the life of the person: "He will quickly bring daimons [for a banquet], and for you he will adorn these servants with sashes. These things he does quickly."... If prior to, and even subsequent to, their conversion, believers in Ephesus were engaging in this sort of magic - summoning spirits and inviting them into their lives - how would the apostle Paul have responded? Surely he was not blind to this phenomenon. Was providing these people with instruction in the Scriptures enough, or was more direct intervention required on occasion? (Arnold, p. 92).
Some people will make the case that Twilight is simply fantasy. Fantasy is a powerful thing, because it engages the person's imagination and feelings, and now with movie media, it may employ fantastical effects and music, which manipulates the emotions. Many of today's movies and TV series employ the use of these computerized effects with music to manipulate the audience and bring them in line with the message of the movie. And emotions are a powerful thing.
Some may make the case that Twilight is no different than C.S. Lewis' use of fantasy. But here's where the difference lies, in Lewis' chronicles of Narnia, they employ analogies to convey Biblical, spiritual truths to children, as Aslan was an accurate analogy of Christ dying for the sins of Edmund (the world; Jn. 3:16). But Twilight is using occult ritual, belief and lore to teach about the "un-dead," those cursed to live an eternal darkness, yet it is portrayed in the movies as being a good thing to be on the side of darkness and eternally accursed (Is. 5:20)!
Wicca is known to be one of the fastest growing religions in America today. Our kids' exposure/desensitization to witchcraft/sorcery and magic that has appeared exponentially on TV shows today. It's one of Satan's tools, people are indoctrinated through movies.
"We know that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one." 1 Jn. 5:19
"in which you formerly walked, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience." Eph. 2:2
These verses tell us that Satan controls the world (remember when he offered Jesus the kingdoms of the world), and that he is presently working in the world.
Acts 19 speaks of when Paul was in Ephesus, a great center for witchcraft, sorcery and astrology, and tells how in verse Acts 19:19, a mass number of Christians who had not yet renounced witchcraft renounced and burnt their magical papyri, totalling 50,000 days wages. Even though this people had accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, and were now indwelt with the holy spirit, they had not renounced their association with or practice of witchcraft, of 'daimon guides,' who were spirits that took up residence within the people, and brought other daimons in the name of serving the practitioner. After seeing the failed attempt of an exorcism performed by non-believers in the name of Jesus, the believers saw the reality of the message of Christ, and of His complete authority over demons (by their own admission), they then renounced and burnt their books which instructed them in the ways of the demonic.1
The Apostle Peter warns believers: "Be of sober spirit, be on the alert, your adversary, the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." (1 Ptr. 5:8).
Why would Peter need to warn believers about being devoured by Satan? Wasn't he defeated on the cross? Don't they have the Holy Spirit in them? How does Peter, being inspired by the Spirit (2 Ptr. 1:21) write this for believers? Clearly there is a danger for believers to be 'devoured' by Satan. Or what about the man handed over to Satan for the destruction of His flesh but the salvation of his soul?
Some say that the Twilight series is just harmless fantasy. Pornography is also fantasy. Is it okay for a Christian man to enjoy pornography? Any believer would clearly say no. There have cases where people have received demons through their involvement with viewing/delighting in pornography. How is that different from viewing/delighting in a movie about occultic creatures, such as Vampires (the eternally damned, unchristian) who twist and pervert the truth.
What does scripture state about our entertainment choices, upon which we are to think/"dwell on"?
Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
Does this fit the Twilight movies? Is this something we would watch for entertainment with Jesus? I'm not trying to anger anyone, but get people to think through the issues.
I am trying to warn against something that is quickly sweeping through the church. What happens when church leadership embraces the demonic? Is God pleased with such things?
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
For His people, the Church, God commands us to come out and be separate. He doesn't tell us it's okay to enjoy movies about Satanic rituals and child sacrifice. What agreement does light have with darkness? what agreement does Christ have with Belial? "Come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord.
1 John 5:20-21
20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
Footnote:
1 Arnold, Clinton E., 3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare. Baker Books: Grand Rapids. 1997. p. 91-92.
"[O]ne magical text explains how to perform a ritual in which "a daimon comes as an assistant who will eat and sleep with you." This being is then described as "a god; he is an aerial spirit which you have seen." Once the door is opened, others invade the life of the person: "He will quickly bring daimons [for a banquet], and for you he will adorn these servants with sashes. These things he does quickly."... If prior to, and even subsequent to, their conversion, believers in Ephesus were engaging in this sort of magic - summoning spirits and inviting them into their lives - how would the apostle Paul have responded? Surely he was not blind to this phenomenon. Was providing these people with instruction in the Scriptures enough, or was more direct intervention required on occasion? (Arnold, p. 92).
Friday, September 17, 2010
Spiritual Influence in Movies and Music? Goodfight.
If you've ever wondered, ever dared wonder... wonder no more. Go to http://theater.goodfight.org/. It's a really well done site, which shows as a movie screen, and on either side of the screen, a roll of film comes out of the side. On one side you can view certain musical groups... on the other, you can view films, such as Transformers. Didyou know Transformers had a spiritual agenda?
On Joe's site, he even makes available some DVDs that contain even more information. One nugget we got out the DVD They Sold their Souls for Rock & Roll is that Elvis thought he was Jesus! Think of that when you hear him playing over the Wal-Mart speaker. And he read occultist Madam Blavatsky during his concerts.
All this info and much more. But you say, "I don't want to know if there's a spriitual influence!" Do you dare so openly hand your soul to the demons?
On Joe's site, he even makes available some DVDs that contain even more information. One nugget we got out the DVD They Sold their Souls for Rock & Roll is that Elvis thought he was Jesus! Think of that when you hear him playing over the Wal-Mart speaker. And he read occultist Madam Blavatsky during his concerts.
All this info and much more. But you say, "I don't want to know if there's a spriitual influence!" Do you dare so openly hand your soul to the demons?
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Parallel Universe or Astral Projection
I was just reading an article on foxnews.com about scientific evidence for alternate universes, and the old threory that "time travel may be possible." But it seemed the type of time travel they cited, an astronaut aging at 1/48th a second less than us because he's traveling in orbit around the earth. And so the scientists say that he is not "experiencing the same present" as us. Well duh. He's in orbit around earth, and not too many people do that up in the outer limits of our atmosphere. There is no one around him, or maybe his fellow space colleagues. In actuality, it seems that he is experiencing the same present, though it might have a different effect on his body. Any person who is there with him to observe will observe the same phenomenon, "the same present." It's sounds sorta like the age-old question, "If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" If no one is around to observe him, does he really age faster? Okay, I digress.
The real thought that inspired this blog, is that it reminded me somewhat of a study I did of religion preparing to go to Africa. In one book I was reading of African witchcraft, which is really more accurately called Astral-Projection, where your body is one place, but your spirit separates and goes to another place in the world. Some of the scientific claims these physicists were making sounded like they were making claims of a similar sort:
What does it all mean? Let's say you're in Oklahoma visiting your aunt. But in another universe, where your atomic particles just can't keep up, you're actually at home watching "The Simpsons." That may sound far-fetched, but it's based on real science.
"When you observe something in one state, one theory is it split the universe into two parts," Cleland told FoxNews.com, trying to explain how there can be multiple universes and we can see only one of them.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/05/freaky-physics-proves-parallel-universes/
So here’s the question: Are these physicists trying to make a legitimate case for astral-projection? One of the world’s most ancient and valued documents tells us “the body without the spirit is dead.” This was penned by one of the half brothers of Jesus of Nazareth, the apostle James (James 2:26). They talk about communicating with and existing within other universes (realms) without knowledge of what is latent within these realms.
It seems that media and those who have power to direct culture are trying to desensitize us toward leaving our bodies, and in past decades there has been a great fascination with 'out of body' experiences. This has been the topic of many a movie. A recent movie where controlling or possessing another body was a prominent theme of the movie is Avatar. Some, like the cult classic Star Wars shows people possessing great abilities and performing super-human feats when they are “possessed” by “the force,” a dualistic power of evil and good, by which you could supposedly harness, though in some instances it appeared to harness the individuals.
Many other books, movies, and even “boardgames,” encourage us to go beyond “this universe” to contact the spirit realm. This practice has been known in Western history and in eastern literature as an occult practice, and it is clearly forbidden in the Bible. The Holy Bible, which gave shape to the once greatest, most free nation on earth teaches that it is appointed once for man to die, then to face judgment (Hebrews 9:27). There is a great movement under way today to unite all the religions of the world, but this is clearly not compatible with the teachings of any of other world religions (Deut. 18:10-12).
The reason this is so within the Bible, is that the LORD reveals to us that all other spirits out there to communicate are angels. Some are sent for good purposes, but others are rebellious to the ways of the Almighty God, and opposed to His purposes. Their intent is to deceive humankind, and to keep them from knowing the truth about God, as revealed in his holy Word (1 Jn 4:1; Gal. 1:6-8; Rev 12:10).
So if it really is near the end, Satan and his angels would be in high-gear working to deceive mankind and lay the groundwork to keep man deceived for when the catching away takes place (1 Thess. 4:16-17). Otherwise, people would realize their mistakes, repent and turn to God to be saved. So all in all, things are right on course.
“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other.” (Is. 45:22)
The real thought that inspired this blog, is that it reminded me somewhat of a study I did of religion preparing to go to Africa. In one book I was reading of African witchcraft, which is really more accurately called Astral-Projection, where your body is one place, but your spirit separates and goes to another place in the world. Some of the scientific claims these physicists were making sounded like they were making claims of a similar sort:
What does it all mean? Let's say you're in Oklahoma visiting your aunt. But in another universe, where your atomic particles just can't keep up, you're actually at home watching "The Simpsons." That may sound far-fetched, but it's based on real science.
"When you observe something in one state, one theory is it split the universe into two parts," Cleland told FoxNews.com, trying to explain how there can be multiple universes and we can see only one of them.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/05/freaky-physics-proves-parallel-universes/
So here’s the question: Are these physicists trying to make a legitimate case for astral-projection? One of the world’s most ancient and valued documents tells us “the body without the spirit is dead.” This was penned by one of the half brothers of Jesus of Nazareth, the apostle James (James 2:26). They talk about communicating with and existing within other universes (realms) without knowledge of what is latent within these realms.
It seems that media and those who have power to direct culture are trying to desensitize us toward leaving our bodies, and in past decades there has been a great fascination with 'out of body' experiences. This has been the topic of many a movie. A recent movie where controlling or possessing another body was a prominent theme of the movie is Avatar. Some, like the cult classic Star Wars shows people possessing great abilities and performing super-human feats when they are “possessed” by “the force,” a dualistic power of evil and good, by which you could supposedly harness, though in some instances it appeared to harness the individuals.
Many other books, movies, and even “boardgames,” encourage us to go beyond “this universe” to contact the spirit realm. This practice has been known in Western history and in eastern literature as an occult practice, and it is clearly forbidden in the Bible. The Holy Bible, which gave shape to the once greatest, most free nation on earth teaches that it is appointed once for man to die, then to face judgment (Hebrews 9:27). There is a great movement under way today to unite all the religions of the world, but this is clearly not compatible with the teachings of any of other world religions (Deut. 18:10-12).
The reason this is so within the Bible, is that the LORD reveals to us that all other spirits out there to communicate are angels. Some are sent for good purposes, but others are rebellious to the ways of the Almighty God, and opposed to His purposes. Their intent is to deceive humankind, and to keep them from knowing the truth about God, as revealed in his holy Word (1 Jn 4:1; Gal. 1:6-8; Rev 12:10).
So if it really is near the end, Satan and his angels would be in high-gear working to deceive mankind and lay the groundwork to keep man deceived for when the catching away takes place (1 Thess. 4:16-17). Otherwise, people would realize their mistakes, repent and turn to God to be saved. So all in all, things are right on course.
“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other.” (Is. 45:22)
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