For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12.
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Sometimes it is so easy to get distracted, and turn our focus onto people and events, that we lose sight of who our true enemy is. Anti-Christian sentiment is on the rise in this country, and the beginnings of persecution are on the horizon. Christianity has long been under attack in entertainment, media and educational circles, but the attacks are now more open than ever before. But it is important to remember who the real enemy is and what his agenda is. Otherwise, one can get distracted and pulled away into a specific fight and be isolated from the larger and more important big picture, or one can feel helpless against the increasingly organized and persistent onslaughts and feel that there is nothing that can be done.
If you feel that the Lord is leading you into a specific arena, by all means follow that leading. But keep in mind who the true enemy is and that He that is within us is greater than he that is in the world.
Yesterday, there was news that the Motion Picture Association of America had assigned a PG rating to an upcoming film. The reason? Too much evangelistic Christianity. Kris Fuhr, vice president of marketing for the company producing the film said she was advised that “…the movie was heavily laden with messages from one religion and that this might offend people from other religions. It’s important that they used the world ‘proselytizing’ when they talked about giving this movie a PG…”
It is not unusual that a Christian themed movie backed by a Baptist organization would be evangelistic in nature, but it is surprising that the movie would be assigned a Parental Guidance rating. It seems to me that the Hollywood world view gets preached in most films and not many people seem to be very concerned about that.
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