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Apr. 5, 2011 James 4:4 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. If you are a Christian (and if not, you can stop reading right here, since I know you won’t get it), then you know that your focus should be on living as God instructed. If we chase after and become enrapt with the things of the world, we cannot be in good standing with the Lord. Such living and thinking makes our prayer pitiful and for naught; an insult to God. We should not love this life so much that we become of this world at the expense of losing our salvation. The media creates false notions that God approves of earthly lusts. These “feel good films” center on the theme of earthly desires having more allure than eternal bliss in heaven. For example, “Michael” (1996, John Travolta): The plot centers on two reporters who visit an old woman in Iowa, whom they learn shares her home with the archangel, Michael. Only this version of Michael drinks beer, is a womanizer, and uses profane language. To quote a Joan Osborn Song, he is “a slob like one of us” How would one of heaven be so earthly in his ways? This trivializes the power of God by advancing the idea that earthly living is preferable to living in the manner God commanded and in the eternal joy he promises. Then there’s 1998’s “What Dreams May Come” (Robin Williams). The plot is summarized as follows at the Internet Movie DataBase (imdb.com): “Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife...” Isaiah 65:17 states, “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.” Some cite that the rich man in the story of Lazarus was able to recall his family, but he was in hell. Still, we can be assured that our bad memories will be wiped away, as God has promised. The good memories won’t be so good that we will pine to return to this wicked place, no matter who is still here. “City Of Angels” (1998, Nicolas Cage)” A doctor spots an angel, Seth, (played by Cage) in an operating room, and learns that this angel is one of many responsible for watching over Los Angeles and Seth is to help guide those near death into the next life. The angel meets patient Nathaniel Messinger, who can see Seth, and it is later revealed that Messinger himself was once an angel, but relinquished his powers to live on earth. Seth, after meeting and falling in love with a female doctor, gets sidetracked. The fact that he is not a mortal precludes him from being with her. He must eventually choose between earth and heaven. Predictably, Seth gives up his immortality and wins the girl, but tragedy strikes when she is killed. Seth later confides in an angel friend that he does not regret becoming human, saying “I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.” In the end, when Seth is frolicking on the beach, another angel—Cassiel (Andre Braugher) is happy for him. The problem with this line of thinking is that Seth committed the same sin as did many of the angels who fell with Satan, so why would some angels be punished for that act and not others? Since this is a movie, we are led to believe that “its no big thing,” but such a message can confuse the unknowing. “The Da Vinci Code”: stars one of Hollywood’s most trusted actors, Tom Hanks, which is an attempt to lend credence to the preposterous plot and underpinnings of this film: That Jesus became so desirous of the flesh that he opted not to return to heaven immediately, but instead set up house in France with Mary Magdalene, with whom he fathered a child! (Again, the same sort of sin that led to the fall of angels in the Pre-Adamite world, and of which we know Jesus would be wise enough not to emulate, for he is perfect.) Remember the latter part of this scripture, “…whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” Ask yourself, would Jesus, the Son of God, rebel against his heavenly father? Would he behave in a way that would make his own father, the creator of everything, his enemy? Like Lucifer, would he willingly give up his relationship with God? Yet, people who profess to be Christians—for example, Sylvia Brown—believe and advocate this theory! These films, in my view, beg the question, if angels and even Christ himself could be so weak and be lured into the world, how could we humans be expected to repel such lusts? This is the work of Satan and is dangerous thinking. ------------ About the author: Timothy N. Stelly is a poet, essayist, novelist and screenwriter from northern California. His novel,HUMAN TRIAL 2: ADAM'S WAR, is available from Amazon.com, allthingsthatmatterpress.com. Is the HUMAN TRIAL trilogy far-fetched? Check out the article on alien encounters at www.stellyhumantrial.com.
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