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Worldliness. TV, Movies, Music. The Devil is cunning and is winning the battle with many Christians in the realm of TV, Movies, & Music. The Devil is getting people to preoccupy their minds with hours of television and movie watching – taking them away from God’s Word!.
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Worldliness TV, Movies, Music The Devil is cunning and is winning the battle with many Christians in the realm of TV, Movies, & Music The Devil is getting people to preoccupy their minds with hours of television and movie watching – taking them away from God’s Word!
TV and Movies - the Rating System • 1930’s to 1960 – a very strict TV code • Brutal killings could not be shown in detail • Crime could not be glamorized • Obscenity forbidden • Reference to deity was not to be irreverent • Nudity was not permitted • Sanctity of marriage and the home was to be upheld • If this was still practiced – there would be no need for the following….
TV and Movies - the Rating System • Current Ratings: • G – General • PG – Parental Guidance • PG13 – Under age 13 not allowed w/o an adult • R – Restricted (under 17 must have a parent) • X – No one under 17 permitted • MOST all movies today are filled with bad language, sex scenes and terrible violence
TV and Movies Influence Us! • Media has great power in reaching billions of people • Television is the most powerful • Businesses pay millions to advertise • WHY? • Because billions watch – a great influence! How much time do you spend watching TV and movies?
TV and Movies Influence Us! • Statistics: • Average Home • 98% of homes have at least one TV (2-3 in most) • TV on 49.5 hours each week (7 hrs per day) • Children • Watch 32 hours of TV each week (5 hours daily) • One fourth of waking hours are watching TV • Hear more than 400 commercials per week • Movies • 22 million attend movies each week • Only 4% in the movie business attend any worship
TV, Movies, Music - God's Warning: • Must evaluate what we allow in our hearts • God hates violence • Proverbs 6:16-19; Romans 12:17 • Immoral Language • Lord’s name in vain (Exodus 20:7) • Profanity (Ephesians 4:29) • Lying (Revelation 21:8; Colossians 3:9) • Words are important! (Matthew 12:34-37) “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.”Psalms 139:23-24
TV, Movies, Music - God's Warning: • Sexual Immorality • Fornication and adultery • Galatians 5:19-21 • Homosexuality • 1 Corinthians 6:9 Profanity Violence Sex Immodesty Nakedness Subtle Messages Desensitizes us to sin
Examine Everything By What It Really Is • Don’t make excuses for what you do, say, watch and listen to • They are nothing more than misgiven priorities of life! • “It doesn’t bother me” • “It only had a few bad scenes” • “It’s only violence” • “I’m not actually doing those things” • “It’s only adult oriented subject matter” • “There is nothing else to watch” • “My friends chose to see it – I don’t want to offend them” • Remember – they are ONLY excuses to God • 2 Corinthians 5:10
Conclusion • Remember, we ARE influenced by what we expose our mind to • As a Christian – be aware of how God wants our mind to be: • Proverbs 4:23; 23:7 • Matthew 5:8 • Titus 1:15-16 • Philippians 4:8 • Always strive to close our eyes to evil and open our eyes to God’s Holy and sacred Word! “Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law”(Psalms 119:18)