Jesus KNOWS what you watch!

Pastor Ezekiel · **Jesus KNOWS what you watch! -** 10-01-2006, 11:56 AM

What do professed Christians think about in the darkness of their imaginations? What do they watch on Hell-I-vision and Hellywood? What do they listen to when no one is around? Could their fellowship with the world affect their ability to overcome sin? Could it hinder their relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ?

James 4:4 says, "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."

Are you a friend of the world or of God?

Ezekiel 8:8-10,12 reads, "Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed [or displayed?] upon the wall [or TV?] round about. Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what THE ANCIENTS [supposed spiritual leaders] of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth."

God knows what we watch on TV. It's just as bad to watch adultery on TV as it would be for us to be in same room with them. The TV has a desensitizing effect on its viewers. Sin is not shocking anymore but rather becomes commonplace (no big deal). This is why many people have become lackadaisical and acceptant of the wicked sin of sodomy. The following reads like a synopsis of hellivision and unholy-wood:

Romans 1:28-32 -"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:"

Verse 32 is the clincher for the professed Christian that enjoys watching such things--

"Who KNOWING the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, BUT HAVE PLEASURE IN THEM THAT DO THEM."

Watching/ reading/ listening to these things is having pleasure in them that do them. The bottom line is that when we participate as willing observers we are having pleasure in sinners who are sinning. This is an abomination to the Lord Jesus Christ!

Galatians testifies AGAINST the evil works that professed Christians ENJOY on hell-i-vision:

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall NOT inherit the kingdom of God." -Galatians 5:19-21

God is simply saying that these are the sins which condemn sinners to hell. Once we are saved, we should no longer continue in these horrible sins. Truly, we are all sinners on our way to hell if we don't get saved. The ONLY hope is in Christ Jesus. If we will turn to the Lord Jesus Christ in childlike faith for forgiveness of our sins, we may be saved and forgiven of ALL the wrongs we have committed. A murderer is no longer viewed as a murderer in God's eyes once he gets saved. The same is true of an adulterer. His or her sins are washed away by the blood of Christ.

However, once we become a Christian, God expects us to grow spiritually and live according to the Word of God (Romans 12:1-2; 1st Peter 2:2) . If we continue to live in sin, though we CANNOT lose our salvation, we grieve the Holy Spirit and do not grow in the Lord. Christians who live in sin are held accountable by God at the judgment seat of Christ, but their salvation is safe and sure in the arms of Jesus. As believers, we should avoid the TV if we have a problem with it. It is NOT a sin to own a TV, but it takes great responsibility nowadays to own one. Like anything else, it's a double-edged sword! The technology is a blessing, but the evil hearts of men make it a curse instead.

The Television has indeed become the "Hellivision" and we would be wise to spend our time doing something more constructive.

An extra message for you lonely shut-ins

Television gives you the illusion of connection to other people and to the world. No matter how empty and pathetic your own life might be, you can turn on the television and let the stories and emotions wash over you. Movies and TV programs let you get to know their characters in intimate detail, you seem to share the most important experiences of their lives, as they fall in love, fight wars, cure diseases, defeat alien invaders, and so on. But of course, it's a false intimacy. You don't know these people, the characters and events you're vicariously experiencing probably never existed, and even if they did they're still not part of your life and never will be. Meanwhile, your own life still is empty. You just don't know it for a couple hours, while you watch The Simpsons or Raiders of the Lost Ark. You feel as if you had experiences which were exciting, funny, tragic, meaningful, but really you just spent the afternoon staring into a box, with lights reflecting into your eyes, sending all manner of satanic messages into your brain.

Better to spend your time reading through the Holy KJV1611 Bible.

Hushed_Agony · **Re: Jesus KNOWS what you watch! -** 10-01-2006, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pastor Ezekiel

The Television has indeed become the "Hellivision" and we would be wise to spend our time doing something more constructive.

Better to spend your time reading through the Holy KJV1611 Bible.

Well put Pastor!