What the
Bible Has to Say about Popular Entertainment
– Novels, Movies, TV
Shows, Video Games
Numbers
33:51-52 – "[51] Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of
Canaan ; [52] then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from
before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images,
and quite pluck down all their high places :"
Comment: God commanded
the children of Israel to destroy all the graven images, and all the idols, and
all the images of false gods depicted on walls. Today, in America, and around
the world, movies, TV shows, and other videos display entertainment and steal
time from God. Today, entertainment takes a huge amount of time out of people’s
schedules. It is a god that people serve around the world.
Psalm 101:3 – "[3]
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes : I hate the work of them that turn
aside ; it shall not cleave to me."
Comment: The psalmist
declared that he would not look at anything beliyaal (i.e. evil, worthless,
unprofitable, naughty, ungodly, or wicked). The Hebrew word, in this verse, for
wicked
is (Strong’s # 1100) beliyaal. It
means: “… without profit, worthlessness; … wickedness … Belial, evil, naughty,
ungodly …, wicked.” (From: Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance.) If what we are
watching or viewing is beliyaal, we
must turn it off and repent.
