Dangerous Theology

We were watching a video this afternoon. It seemed like a lower grade production but I was still curious how they were going to tie everything together. In the movie, the lead man found the lead woman unconscious on the deck in wintertime. I was shocked that he didn’t call 911 but took her to the bed and started covering her with blankets. My thought, “If she is not conscious, call for medical help”. But it got worse, at least theologically. He started asking his recently deceased dad to help make this woman conscious again. This is dangerous on so many different levels. The Bible clearly says that we are not to contact the dead. Mediums and spiritists are detestable to God. Even more egregious is that he is not praying or talking to God. The command, “I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other God’s beside me” comes to mind. A little later in the movie, they see an angel decoration and comment that it is like grandpa there watching over them. We do not become angels. I have noticed more and more that movies are adopting Christian ideas but work them into secular means. There are comments made about eternity without mentioning God at all. The concept of salvation, but it is through our works or some earthly means. There truly is nothing that Christians believe that the world has not tried to hijack with worldly concepts. God is irrelevant to so many that live today. People don’t fear death because they don’t know the predicament they are in. After the Bible talks about God loving the world and sending His Son, it continues with “if they don’t believe, they stand condemned already”. I watched another movie that ended with the elderly wife talking to her husband that had passed away, which is understandable if she was expressing her feelings knowing that this person is not actually listening. What bothered me was that she was looking to the top of the Christmas tree, again as if the angel was her husband. We are removing God from His rightful place in our hearts. We are not to pray to angels, demons, the dead, the saints, Mary, or anyone other than Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Lord, the world keeps trusting in things other than You. Keep us strong. Help us to look to You in all things. Amen We were watching a video this afternoon. It seemed like a lower grade production but I was still curious how they were going to tie everything together. In the movie, the lead man found the lead woman unconscious on the deck in wintertime. I was shocked that he didn’t call 911 but took her to the bed and started covering her with blankets. My thought, “If she is not conscious, call for medical help”. But it got worse, at least theologically. He started asking his recently deceased dad to help make this woman conscious again. This is dangerous on so many different levels. The Bible clearly says that we are not to contact the dead. Mediums and spiritists are detestable to God. Even more egregious is that he is not praying or talking to God. The command, “I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other God’s beside me” comes to mind. A little later in the movie, they see an angel decoration and comment that it is like grandpa there watching over them. We do not become angels. I have noticed more and more that movies are adopting Christian ideas but work them into secular means. There are comments made about eternity without mentioning God at all. The concept of salvation, but it is through our works or some earthly means. There truly is nothing that Christians believe that the world has not tried to hijack with worldly concepts. God is irrelevant to so many that live today. People don’t fear death because they don’t know the predicament they are in. After the Bible talks about God loving the world and sending His Son, it continues with “if they don’t believe, they stand condemned already”. I watched another movie that ended with the elderly wife talking to her husband that had passed away, which is understandable if she was expressing her feelings knowing that this person is not actually listening. What bothered me was that she was looking to the top of the Christmas tree, again as if the angel was her husband. We are removing God from His rightful place in our hearts. We are not to pray to angels, demons, the dead, the saints, Mary, or anyone other than Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Lord, the world keeps trusting in things other than You. Keep us strong. Help us to look to You in all things. Amen