2/15/2022
Colossians 3:2-4 "Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory."
I read a disturbing article this evening about how Netflix should be renamed Sexflix. Apparently, there are quite a few new shows produced by them that have very graphic extended sex scenes. The article claims the reason is the pandemic, and how people are living vicariously through these shows instead of having their own relationships. Now, I don't know how true that claim about people's behavior during Covid is, but I am certain this move towards more explicit programming is of the evil one. He is in control of so much in our world right now and it actually staggers me, and we largely just sit silently back and allow him to continue destroying. It is the slow boiling pot of acceptance. The more we turn our backs or look the other way when we see the world moving so evidently against Biblical principles, the stronger the evil one becomes. People of God, we must start to use out voices against the immorality of this age. How many other things will we silently accept?
So, I guess I will be cancelling my Netflix streaming subscription. There is really nothing on it that we watch anyway. I know I wrote about being against censorship the other night, and that remains true. However, I can make a personal choice about what I will consume. Psalm 110:37 "Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
Dear Jesus, help your people to be bold and raise their voices in truth, compassion, grace, and love against the evils of our day. Give us strength and vision to reach others for you. Help us to be warriors against this present darkness. Amen.
1 comment:
Again, the moral compass in our nation is off kilter for sure. We are seeking gratification in places we shouldn't be and of course Hollywood rises to the occasion. We do watch things often on Netflix, and have not come across lately the shows you mentioned in your blog. There is a plethora of programming on there and we keep it relatively clean. It's hard those because as that bar raises to accept more and more sex and violence in movies, all take a turn toward depravity.
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