CAN WE EXCUSE DISNEY DEPRAVITY?

CAN WE EXCUSE DISNEY DEPRAVITY?

Disney is a family oriented entertainment industry. Right? When Walt Disney began his world of imagination and wonder it was geared toward the entertainment of the children and the child within each of us. It was the wonder of small animals and even rodents doing things we all knew where impossible. Quite often his creatures could do what you and I could never dream of doing. Mickey and Minnie Mouse talking, steering a steamboat, getting in trouble with friends and neighbors and just the idea that they could express reason and thought captured the imagination of children around the world. Walt Disney opened two theme parks showing that he really did understand what stirred the imagination of children.

When Walt died so did his control over the organization. Those who lurked in the corridors waiting for his demise were finally able to “use” the Disney organization for their own purposes. Make no mistake it is no longer a child friendly industry.

Those in control today realize they have the perfect vehicle for training up children in the way they wish them to go. (Proverbs 22:6 says “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”) Satan understands better than most Christians today the power of the Word of God. He knows the Bible is true. He fully understands what can happen if he can gain control of the heart of the youth. The Disney organization is fully engaged in stopping the censoring of movies. They want the children to watch every vile and sin-filled scene. The new Disney is filling their own “traditionally child friendly” movies with filth and ungodliness unlike any time since their inception.

Disney is fighting VidAngel trying to legally stop them from letting you and I watch censored versions of movies. They do not want you and I to have easy access to the filtering features offered by this organization. And they are adding open sexual perversion (homosexuality) to traditional fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast. This is not new!!! They have been engaged in this type of indoctrination since Walt Disney left the organization. They are actively, with full intent, engaged in desensitizing your children to sin.

Christians must stop supporting Disney and other organizations like them. Don’t buy their movies. Do not subscribe to their stations. Have the moral character to stand against sin wherever it rears its’ ugly head. Watching a movie is not a necessity of life. If we stop watching what they produce, then eventually they just might produce better movies. And if not, we must still stand against sin.

The entertainment industry is tired of being hamstrung by morality. But they are only doing what comes natural to them. Jesus said in John 3:19 “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (v.20) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.” Their actions are not surprising. The real surprise is in the number of Christians who will find cause to continue supporting these industries.

A non-Disney example comes with a very popular song. I have always thought the music was beautiful myself until recently when I finally paid attention to the words of “The Music of the Night.” Then, I was appalled at what I heard. Read John 3:19-20 again and this time meditate of the concept. Then read the lyrics below. Ask yourself how many times we have been duped into supporting vile, ungodliness with a smile on our faces and applauding. Is it any wonder the church is anemic today?

I wonder how many other songs and movies we have unwittingly applauded. We have been called to separate from the world not succumb to it. 

THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation

Darkness stirs and wakes imagination

Silently the senses abandon their defenses

Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor

Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender

Turn your face away from the garish light of day

Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light

And listen to the music of the night

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams

Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before

Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar

And you'll live as you've never lived before

Softly, deftly, music shall caress you

Hear it, feel it secretly posses you

Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind

In this darkness that you know you cannot find

The darkness of the music of the night

Let your mind start to journey through a strange new world

Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before

Let your soul take you where you long to be

Only then can you belong to me

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication

Touch me, trust me savor each sensation

Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in

To the power of the music that I write

The power of the music of the night

You alone can make my song take flight

Help me make the music of the night

ETERNAL SECURITY?

ETERNAL SECURITY?

The cost of salvation has always been the same. For Adam and Eve God himself provided a blood sacrifice on their behalf (Gen. 3:21). This was certainly no fashion statement. And if it was only for a covering against the cold Adam could have done it. This was an offering for sin. And Cain and Abel made sacrifices too. The only one God accepted was the blood sacrifice of Abel (Gen. 4:1ff). Why? Because, to remove the penalty of sin there must be a blood sacrifice (Lev. 17:11). The O.T. teaches us that God was planning all along to provide that sacrifice for us. It was teaching us that Jesus would be the sacrifice we needed (Gal. 3:22-26).

But God’s laws required the offering to be made in a way that we were totally incapable of doing. We needed a spotless offering, made by a holy and sinless high priest, in God’s temple and on His altar in Heaven. You will find this expressed in Hebrew 8-10 (particularly read, 8:1-2; 9:11-12; 9:24-26; 10:10).

If that is what it takes to save you, what would it take to lose your salvation? That is the question Paul asks his Jewish friends in Heb. 6:4-6. Allow me to paraphrase, “It is impossible, if a person were truly saved (v.4,5), and if they lost that salvation, to ever regain salvation because they would need another sacrifice (v.6).” You see, Paul is saying that if you lost your salvation the only way to regain it would be to re-sacrifice Christ; and God will never allow such a thing. He states the case in Hebrews 10:26-29. The Jews had taught that Christ forgave past sin but willful, outright sin after conversion required the temple sacrifices be continued for future forgiveness.

Listen to Paul’s explanation:

Heb 10:26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (no other sacrifice can work if Christ’s sacrifice was insufficient. His sacrifice cleanses from past, present and future sin or…not at all.)

Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (If his sacrifice was ineffective hell is inevitable)

Heb 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Heb 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?  (“trodden under foot” and “counted the blood of the covenant…an unholy thing” is the unstated attitude of the person who feels they need something in addition to Christ’s sacrifice.) 

Remember the question leading the above paragraph, “If that is what it takes to save you, what would it take to lose your salvation?” Adam, in a sinless state, committed one act of disobedience. He simply ate of the tree that God had restricted. In that one act of disobedience he condemned all of humanity (Romans 5:12ff) for all of eternity. If we can lose salvation it will be lost with our very first act of disobedience. And according to what we saw in the above passages we can never reclaim it because we would need to re-sacrifice Christ which would “put him to an open shame.”

Also, if a person is truly saved God made a down payment on their soul. He put within each of us His Holy Spirit, a promise that He would come again and claim us as His very own (Ephesians 1:13-14; Romans 8:15-16) and God has never lost a down payment yet.

Now look at Romans 8:29-39 God knows all things and so He knows who will or will not be saved. (I believe He “knows” but does not “determine” who will be saved; a study I will not get into here.) So, He does everything necessary to secure our salvation and safe arrival in Heaven. He predetermined that we would be like Christ, and placed us in right standing before Himself (justified) and has already glorified us. And if that is not enough look at verses 31-33. Who can stand against us? God gives us everything we need to remain His child. Who can say we have sinned? Only God, and He is the one who said we are in right standing with Him (v.33). Who can condemn us? Only Christ, but he is the one who died for us, was raised as proof of our forgiveness, and now intercedes on our behalf before God (v.34). So, then what can separate us from God’s love which is ours in Christ? Nobody, nothing, ever, anywhere (v. 35-39).

You see, God had a plan that one day he would have a people who would stand before him holy, blameless and in a loving relationship and he would accomplish that through his son Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:1-13). Through the blood sacrifice of His son all who would believe will, assuredly, stand holy and blameless before God bringing glory to God for his love and grace in saving us.

Have you noticed that in all this discussion there has been no mention of what “we” do? “He” planned it, “He” enacted it, and by His Holy Spirit “He” sealed it. His plan will not fail because none of it depends upon us or our ability. It is simply a matter of trusting that God really does love us that much (John 3:16).

See also: http://christxalted.blogspot.com/2016/01/how-to-be-born-again.html