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Silence is not golden
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Posted by: angelofthelord
Pornography on Monday Night Football in prime time. For the past 35 years, one of the most viewed programs on television has been Monday Night Football. From the hardcore sports fan to those who don't
follow it as closely, Monday Night Football is seen in millions of homes
each week during the football season, not to mention on TVs in most every
bar and restaurant across the country. Do you know the sad choices made by the National Football League to sex-up their sport through the "cheerleaders" most teams have, the sexually suggestive
commercials they air on their games (this season more advertising dollars
will be spent on male sexual enhancement drugs like Viagra, Levitra, and
Cialis than by the beer companies), as well as having singers do MTV video
type performances in and around their games. It has been a sad direction
that despite the outcry from many they seem determined to continue.
So I should not have been shocked when I turned on the game this past Monday to watch the Philadelphia Eagles play the Dallas Cowboys and the opening tease was Nicolette Sheridan, one of the stars of the disgusting new Sunday night prime time 'sex opera,' "Desperate Housewives," clad only in a towel, eventually taking off her towel and jumping naked into the arms of Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens. This is at 9 p.m. eastern time, SIX PM ON THE WEST COAST, viewed by millions, many children, on the Disney owned ABC Network!!!
Disney and the NFL should be ashamed of themselves. But the reality is,
they have no shame. This was 100 times worse than what happened at the Super Bowl this past January with Janet Jackson. However, you will hear very little about this since we become more numb everyday as the message of sin is jammed down our throats everywhere we turn. The world continues to tell its lies over and over until the lies become truth to many, and even those who know the truth of God's words become desensitized to sin which is a very big concern to me.
This is why you have pastors now who are either too afraid to speak out on
sin or have simply accepted the lie that sin is really not that bad. This
is why you have people who claim to know Christ supporting the slaughter of
innocent babies, changing God's definition of marriage, and taking the
position that we should never point out sin to people since it may hurt
their feelings. I wonder if Jesus was more concerned about hurting the
feelings of the woman He met at the well, or her eternal soul. If Jesus had
been politically correct, He would not have pointed out the fact she was
living in rebellion to God. But He loved her enough to confront her with
her sin and tell her God had a better way for her to live. THAT MY FRIEND
IS REAL LOVE!!!
Listen, we are never going to get rid of garbage programs that exploit
sexual sins like "Desperate Housewives." We are sadly not going to get rid
of sex in the commercials. Sadly, all sports have now tied themselves to
advertising dollars, and in the drive for ratings will continue to use sex
to sell their products. Satan will continue to use the media to tell his
lies to the masses helping them to become immune from the truth of God's
Word. That is simply the reality of this world we are living in, in these
last days.
The answer my friend is to go head to head with satan. Instead of hiding in
the corner as we have done, get out and compete with the world using the
very mediums they use to spread the truth of God's Word and bring the hope
and love of Christ into people's lives. We need programming on the
secular television networks, we need programs on secular radio, we need
mainstream movies, we need musical artists to bring their music to secular
recording labels, we need books through secular publishers, we need to keep
using the internet, we need to be advertising in mainstream publications as
we take the truth of God's Word to the lost and hurting of this world
through these mediums. We have the greatest message there is and we have the only truth there is. WE MUST GET THAT MESSAGE AND TRUTH TO THE PEOPLE!!
The Bible is God's inspired, inerrant Word, representing
absolute truth and is our final authority in all matters. It is the ONLY
truth there is. Satan on the other hand is a liar. Jesus calls him the
"father of lies" in John 8:44. Satan uses every avenue possible to tell his
lies to the masses 24/7. As these days wind down, he is becoming bolder and more aggressive in feeding his lies to the masses disguised as truth. That is why those who know Christ as their Savior, those who possess the only real truth there is, must become just as bold, just as aggressive in taking that truth to the same masses.
Listen, you can't force people to believe anything. Each person has to make
up their own mind. But to sit back and allow satan to feed them lies
unopposed is neglecting the respsonbilty the Lord gave us to take His Word
to the lost and hurting. We know in the end the truth wins. We know that
in the end Jesus stands as the King of King and the Lord of Lords while
satan burns for eternity in the Lake of Fire. This is about how many souls
we can help bring to everlasting life thru faith in Christ that otherwise
will buy the lies of satan, die in their sin, and be eternally lost.
If you know Christ as your Savior, He is calling you today to help share the
truth of His word with those you come in contact with each day. Those at
school, at work, where you shop, where you recreate, the normal day to day
flow of people in your life are there for a reason and purpose. These
people are being fed the lies of satan and God has called You to share with
them the truth of His Word. I will be praying for you as you faithfully
share with them that truth, and that Jesus Christ is their only answer.
Sadly Monday Night Football has now become a vehicle to spread the lies of
satan about sex. May the Lord raise up those who are bold and brave enough to take the truth of His word about sex and every other issue to those very same masses. The lies of satan will go unchallenged only if those who possess the truth remain silent. God will hold us accountable for our silence!!!
Posted by: cgirl
Dear heavenly Father. I ask that the media would be taken over by the righteous! I bind the worldliness attitude from our country in Jesus name. Also the spirit of antichrist, go in the name of the Lord! I loose salvation, deliverance and holiness with repentance to take it's place now. Lord, save those in control of the airways, if not, put a spirit filled servant in their stead.
Posted by: Ericsmom
About twenty years ago, a bakery ran an ad that made the female look like she didn't have on any clothes. I phoned and there was told the picture was in color but when it ran it was in black and white. There was not an apology. I told them I would not be purchasing anything from them again and I haven't. They're still in operation but if many others had done the same, they wouldn't be in business.
Read once that every time you notify a company that you object to ___ it represents 2500. Sometimes I do notify them even if it is only 1 voice. But I don't do it often enough. I believe we have to "stand" in many ways.
Posted by: ChosenByHim
When it comes to standing up for truth especially when it comes to sex Christians have become to quiet. I am young barely in my 20 and I would love to be able to look to someone older then me in the Lord and learn how they speak out the truth but the sad truth about it is...people are rarely speaking. We speak in the churches, over the pulpits, in discussion boards, to our other christian friends but when the chance comes up to speak it to someone who REALLY needs to HEAR it we remain silent. I am definitly guilty of this myself but thank the Lord I am coming out of that. The disciples were beaten and mocked and spit on becuase they spoke the truth and yet they kept speaking yet and yet so many of us don't speak the truth and stand up against sin or try to make a change in this world because we're afraid of being shunned.
I pray that a wave of boldness would sweep across all Christians and that we'd let our lights shine all the time. Satan can only do so much to us. I'm willing to be persecuted for Christ. And I pray that God would open my heart mind and lips so I can feel think and speak everything He wants to do and say through me.