OBSCENE IT?

OBSCENE IT?

There is a trivia game called Scene It?® in which the players answer questions about movies, TV shows, music, sports, and other topics. The game is played with the use of a DVD so that the questions appear on the TV screen. On some questions a clip from a movie or TV show is played first, and the players have guess which movie or TV show it comes from or some other question about the clip. The problem with the movie and TV editions Scene It? is that there is at least one clip that contains nudity and lewdness of the highest degree. There are also some editions of Scene It? based on specific TV and movie series which are unwholesome.

Some Christian parents allow their kids to watch movies, watch TV shows, play video games, or view websites that contain nudity, vile acts, or vulgar innuendo. They reason that if it only contains one scene or one filthy line then this can’t do a child that much harm. This is a disgusting compromise.

David said, “I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes.” (Psalm 101:3)

Jesus said, “whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.” (Matthew 5:28-29)

Paul said, “For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.” (Ephesians 5:12)

James the brother of Jesus said, “Therefore get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.” (James 1:21)

Peter said, “And [God] delivered Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked, for…their unlawful deeds…vexed his righteous soul from day to day…” (II Peter 2:7-8)

Another brother of Jesus, named Jude, said, “And others save with dear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.” (Jude 1:23)

If you care about your child’s salvation, don’t buy Scene It? for them this Christmas (or ever).

If this message has made you sorry about viewing materials that are unpleasing in God’s sight, then get ready to repent (turn away from your sin) and God will not count your sin against you. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23). But to receive this gift, you must:

1. Believe that your sin offends God greatly (as the above passages indicate)
2. Believe that Jesus took your deserved punishment for that sin (Isaiah 53:12, Mark 16:16, John 3:16-18) and that God raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9-10)
3. Decide to turn away from it (Ezekiel 18:21-22, II Corinthians 7:10, James 4:8)
4. Confess that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9) and that you believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sin (Luke 12:8, Romans 5:8)
5. Be immersed in water (this is called baptism in the Bible) for the remission of your sins (Acts 2:38, Romans 6:3)

Then you will be saved and will receive the Holy Spirit. If this has happened to you, you should start reading the Bible, attending church, praying, fasting, seeking God’s will in everything, and partaking of the body of Christ (II Corinthians 11:23-34).