A Thought About Entertainment pt.2

 Why Have Standards in our Movies?

DOES GOD REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT I WATCH????

Good Afternoon! Hope your having a good Thursday. Today I will be talking about the need to have a standard in what we watch. This idea will serve as a foundation for what we learn about next. 

The first movies and TVs were invented in the 1920s. It became a marvel of its time as people could see a completely new scene somewhere else.

Now, nearly 100 years later, nearly 97% of Americans have a TV in their house.

A poll done in 2023 revealed that the average American watches 5 hours of screen time a day. 

Sadly, screens have become a HUGE part of our everyday life taking up nearly a third of our day that we are awake.

So in response to my opening question, yes, what we watch matters to God. In the day in which we live in, screens take up a good bit of our day.

Ranging from, texts, social media, Youtube, Google, games, apps, emails, work, movies, shows, etc.!

What we watch matters as a Christian. 

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. Ephesians 5:10

We ought never forget who we are living for. We are not living for the world or for a career or even for ourselves. We are living for the one that came down from Heaven, lived a perfect life and endured immeasurable pain and 3 days later rose from the grave. What a God we serve!

Pleasing him with our life should have utmost preeminence over anything else.

There are some things we need to recognize to understand the need of having standards in our movies.

1. The Agenda

There is an absolute wicked agenda being pushed in Hollywood.

An agenda that promotes Homosexual lifestyles as normal and good.

An agenda that is Anti-God and Anti-Church.

An agenda that scoffs at Jesus, the Bible, and righteousness.

An agenda that mocks the family unit.

An agenda that promotes immoral lifestyles and behaviour.

An agenda that endorses wickedness and encourages all that God is against.

Now I'm not saying that all movies are evil but the Agenda that a lot of modern films wants to push is not right for a Christian to partake in.

In 2022, the average movie contained around 27 uses of profanity, and 48 references to immoral activity.

As time progresses, evil abounds and it is important that we are aware of the dark agenda that Hollywood is promoting.

Ephesians 5:11

  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

2.  The Attack

We as Christians are living in a battle for our faith. Our enemy the devil, has many tactics to try to destroy us. 

A very successful attack that has taken down many Christians is entertainment. Satan will use whatever he can to try to ruin us.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Our ultimate goal in the Christian life is to bring glory to God.

So therefore we need to separate from anything that would hinder us from that goal.

If a farmer wants to raise a good crop, he separates it from insects and weeds.

If an athlete wants to win a championship, he must separate from junk food and other things.

If we want to achieve our heavenly goal, there will be some things we need to separate from.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

That is where standards come in.

Standard: A prescribed set of rules and conditions to achieve goals and performance.

We don't have standards because were mean or that were Baptists or even that were sheltered. 

We have Standards because we want to separate from the evil attacks of the world and Satan.

I don't drink beer, smoke, gamble, cuss, steal, take drugs, smoke, or dance because I want to glorify God with my body, with my spirit and with my lifestyle.

So to end, remember the attack that satan is fighting against.

His attack is successful not in a complete takeover but a small foot in the door.

That is why Ephesians 4:27 warns us against giving a PLACE to the devil.

Ephesians 6:11-12

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Hope you have a great rest of your day!!