1 Corinthians 2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.Topically speaking, satan has done a grand job pulling these shades down over the worlds eyes, and some of the church's too with regards to multimedia and entertainment; Namely music and movies.
So whats so wrong with listening to secular music that contains explicit lyrics and content, or movies full of immorality and that blaspheme our Lord in every other scene?
Paul exhorted the Philippian church in his letter to them saying:
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Doesn't this New testament principle also apply today...especially to what we listen to and look upon? In order for today's secular songs and movies to be excluded from this text it'd have to read : whatever is false, dishonorable, unjust, impure, without love, whatever degrades(antonym of commend), if there is any poorness or anything worthy of shame... think on these things. - - God forbid!
The devil has blinded so many and is working tirelessly to use the lives of celebrities to promote his agenda.
Let us pray for the repentance and salvation of those in Hollywood and the music industry who are doing Satan's bidding whether wittingly or unwittingly. Let us pray for those who have bought into Satan's lies and are living superficial lives for temporary and passing sinful pleasures at the expense of eternal life. Let us also pray for those among us, even ourselves, who have been deceived into thinking "its just music" and/or "its just a movie". Lord grant us recourse and re-route us back to the holiness you first called us to.
If you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ, He loves you dearly and promised that if you turn from your sin and follow Him in faith, He will forgive you and bring you into His Kingdom forever.
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Lord grant us recourse and re-route us back to the holiness you first called us to. Amen.
If we follow God's command to not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of our minds to be able to test and prove God's good and perfect will (Rom 12.2), we'll find that holiness and separation aren't as hard as they seem. The bondage of sin has been broken in Jesus name!
Well said. It so sad that the things that are true, honorable, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, & worthy of praise are so caught up in this world of moral relativism that no one, (including a great deal of churches) seems to know what they mean anymore. As believers, it's so important that we speak up on these types of topics. The media is one of the enemy's biggest weapons against the church. Check out Romans 1 18-32 especially verse 32 ...that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. Even if we're not listening to this music or watching these kind of movies or television shows, by not speaking out against them it's just as bad as if as if we did.
Lord please open thou our eyes that we may behold wondrous things out of your law
It is crazy how much as "Christians" our mind is wrapped up in DARKNESS, and leading other newcomers into darkness , and yet believe God will approve of our actions.
God would have to be a schizophrenic two-faced fool to be pleased with our apathetic ways.. or worse, our passion for "whatever is false, dishonorable, unjust, impure, without love, whatever degrades(antonym of commend), if there is any poorness or anything worthy of shame... think on these things." - - God forbid!
I may borrow this quote when speaking to some girls who I disciple or direct them here.
God will have no shallow love.
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