It concerns two of the three biggest interests I have in my life - religious fairy tales and :
...one of Satan's biggest weapons--the television set
Ever notice how you can sit in front of it for hours and hours everyday?
Yes.
Many of us are watching short-order perversity fried up hot and heavy like a cheese burger in a greasy spoon--but this burger is laced with arsenic and we are slurping it down.
Finally, someone willing to call TMZ what it is.
Christian, do you have a television in your home?
A couple.
You do? Why?
Well, mostly because I still have a pulse. And I was born after the first World War.
If Jesus came back tonight, do you think He would be happy to find His army staring glassy-eyed at some flesh-pleasing trash being pumped out of Hollywood into the minds of His soldiers?
If Jesus ever does come back, whatever I am watching on television will be the least of my worries.
Have you ever stopped to think about that thing that you stare at night after night, day after day, year after year?
Yes. I think about one of my specs making me filthy rich someday.
Either that, or a "divine transfer" - whatever happens first.
Did you spend more time on your television today than you did on your knees or reading your Bible?
Yes.
You did? Why?
Because I don't particularly like crouching on the floor while I talk to myself. I'd much rather watch Stephen Colbert, or even talk to the television set.
Would you invite Satan to come into your home, sit down in your living room, talk, tell jokes, show evil pictures for hour after hour to your wife and children?
Would you invite a sex pervert into your living room to brag to your family about his or her "alternate lifestyle"? Would you let a drug-pusher come into your home and give everyone in your household a drug that would dull their mind, make you forget God, make you feel nice and happy and stupid, day after day, year after year?
Sounds like Satan is quite the host. If he's coming over to my house seems like I should be the one sharing my herb and Chuck Norris jokes.
If statistics are true (and every one knows they lie), then 97% of American homes have a television in them. Have you wondered why that is so? Does your preacher ever mention it?
I also wonder about the percentage of American homes that have a telephone in them. Or a computer. Mere coincidence? I think not.
Do you think that those actors and producers out in Hollywood love the Lord and abide in His doctrines? Maybe you think so. I don't. Friend, you don't have to be in Hollywood long to realize what kind of a place it is.
Hollywood isn't completely Godless. I know of at least one shining light of Christ:
And finally,
Friend, I ask you to examine your attitude toward tv watching. Go to the Lord and ask Him what you should do about it. Listen carefully to His answer, and then if He tells you to unplug it and hide it in your closet, then DO IT! If He tells you to take it out to the dumpster, then DO IT! If He tells you to warn your friends and co-workers and fellow-church members about it, then DO IT, but not until you have resolved this important issue in your own life first.
I got a good laugh over this.