Disney's Frozen
A Tale of Bitterness, Witchcraft and Lust
(Part 1 of 2)
Hello friends and
followers of Christ,
This
is a little study on Disney's latest movie called 'Frozen'. It's said to have a
theme of sisters working through past situations together and bonding... well,
that's not exactly the whole picture - that's the smooth lies to cover its
underlying message.
So,
let's review this story plot line briefly, then analyze it - and if you haven't
seen it, you can find all of this from the little clips on YouTube or find the
little children's book that they sell - it gives you the real-quick on the
story. So, first: the story plot. You'll notice that it does have positive
points - all mixes of truth and error do. It teaches a form of love... not
quite Biblical love, but helpful in a few little ways.... anyway - to the story
line. It has a few small positives, but
they're overshadowed by some things you need to be aware of :) - Remember, I'm
writing this because I care :)
Frozen -
the Story line
In
town of Norway, far far away (as all Disney movies
seem to portray it)... there is a small 'royal family' - the king and queen and
their two little daughters. The older one, Elsa, is born with a 'gift' (or
curse) - she can create ice and snow with just the wish and move of her hands. She
uses it to have fun with her younger sister, Anna, in their lonely little
castle where it's most often just them. One day, when Elsa and Anna are playing
with Elsa's 'magic', somehow the magic that's creating snow accidentally hits
Anna and Anna looks dead. So, in panic, the family takes the daughter, Anna,
quickly out to the forest where they find a troll - a mix of witch doctor and
nutritionist. This troll is able to save Anna's life, but has to wipe away
Anna's memory of the almost deadly incident as well as the rest of her little
memory. From then on, Anna has to keep her 'magic' a secret, so she stays away
from her sister to 'protect' her - leaving them both even more lonely. The
parents leave on a trip, and die. That leaves just the 2 sisters alone... in
the castle - separated from each other.
Until,
that is, for the now-grown-up Elsa to be crowned Queen in her Mom's place. For this
event, Elsa decides to open the gates and let everyone come for the party -
while she tries to keep her composure and not let her magic 'get out' again. The
party goes well, until something upsets Elsa.. then Anna furthers the problem by trying to get Elsa to
agree for her to be allowed to marry this guy that she's only met and decided
to marry - all in 1 day. In the argument, Elsa's 'magic' is released and it
terrifies the people, and she runs away... far far away.
She
then decides that it's no use fighting this 'magic', so she uses it to build
herself a castle a long way away from everyone. And she decides to stay
there... alone. What Elsa doesn't realize is that her 'gift' accidentally
changed the sunny/summer-like land into snow - of which the people are not used
to and will die unless something can change it back. So, Anna goes to find her
sister, somehow apologize and get everything reversed... or at least that's the
plan. Anna does eventually make it to her sister's castle and talks to Elsa -
trying to correct things. That's when things get tough again.
Elsa
flashes back to when her 'magic' hurt her sister and decides that she doesn't
want to get too close so that her 'magic' doesn't hurt her sister again... but
she is not good at words - so it comes across as just pushing away in anger for
something unexplained. Anna pressures Elsa not to make her leave and that's
when Elsa gets angry and icy blasts hit around a variety of places - one of
them nailing Anna and knocking her down. Elsa then tells them to leave - to
which they agree and are chased by a new creation of Elsa's 'magic' - a
fearsome snow-monster called 'marshmallow'.
They
barely escape away from this snow-monster - falling all the way down a long
cliff - to land safely on fluffy snow. They then are heading 'home' and
somewhere along the way realize that Anna is getting colder, so they again seek
out the trolls, who - after some antics, do tell Anna and Kristof that one of
Elsa's ice pricks entered her heart and she will shortly freeze to a solid
block of ice... unless she can do a 'selfless act of love' that will reverse
this 'curse' of a 'frozen heart'. (Are you hearing a false universal religion
in there somewhere?...)
So,
Kristof takes Anna back to the home-city, as the city's army
are headed to kill Elsa in hopes of breaking the 'curse of eternal ice
and snow'. There's a battle, Elsa is somehow subdued (captured?) who knows -
but... the climax is this.
Elsa
is about to be killed by a man who acted as a prince-charming. But, just before
his sword can hit Elsa, Anna jumps in front of her sister to protect her. That
last action turns Anna into ice, but does protect Elsa by shattering the sword
of the attacking gentleman. Elsa looks up to see that Anna is a block of ice -
cries, hugs her sister - thinking it's over. But, in Disney's land of 'magic'
there are no reality or sad endings - Anna magically
defrosts because she met the 'karma' requirement of 'an act of selflessness'.
Elsa and Anna re-establish their friendship - and then realize together that
'love will reverse the curse'. (Where have we heard that false gospel before?).
So, with this 'new' realization, Elsa then reverses the 'curse of eternal ice
and snow' and everything is happy... and one of the final scenes has Anna
kissing Kristof - before marriage... (notes below on
that) ~
If there's more to
it, I don't know where to find it - that's the best I can give you. Now, for some short analysis, and then some verses.
>> Bitterness
This
movie blends a lot of things. First it does have the simple reality of family
and some vague essence of how the Bible describes love between family members. That's
about all I can give it there. Please do keep in mind that I never had sisters,
so there are some parts that would mean a lot to a lady who has a sister or is
a sister, and I'm not trying to downplay that. I do see some confusions
woven in that we do need to sort out, and I hope you'll continue with me in
this little analysis :)
From
that subject of family, the movie then takes the subject of anger/bitterness
and blends it with witchcraft - making it just a little hard to sort out. So,
I'll try my best to explain each piece separately. I'll explain more about the
witchcraft and sorcery below. Here, let's just focus on the bitterness.
For
whatever reason, Disney decided to link Elsa's anger/stress with when her
witchcraft gets out of control. For those who may be witches reading this - you
know that to be true. And for those of us who don't know witchcraft, we do know
that our anger can cause us to do destructive things - which is why we must
keep learning and growing in self-control and patience (me too). And I know
that's hard in a world where impatience is common and revenge is the 'normal'. But,
the only way to control our anger is with God's help and by staying in His
Word. Almost every other source of info will not help us strongly and correctly
control our anger. No self-help book, no fiction, no religious book, etc. There
is only one book that teaches us rightly about anger - it's the Bible, God's
Living Word. So what does it say? Let's look.
"'Be angry, and do not
sin': do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil." (Ephesians
4:26-27) - Most of God's Word makes it clear that anger (in itself) is not wrong, However, most often what we do in anger is wrong.
Why? Because we're inclined to so quickly retaliate to get even with those who
have hurt us (knowingly or unknowingly). It's wrong, but it's pretty woven into
us, and only by immersing ourselves in God's Word and intentionally growing in
maturity and self-control can we overcome that - by God's strength through His
Holy Spirit. Those who don't know and follow Christ for the most part cannot
control themselves. They can't - they have no ability. That only comes from
God. So, when angry - all of us must be careful not to sin - with our words,
our hands/feet, and our hearts. That's a huge subject - ask God to teach you
one step at a time. It's something He keeps teaching me, because there are many
out there who hate those who follow Christ, wrongly.
Another
verse: "So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,
slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man
does not produce the righteousness of God." (James 1:19-20)
Please
remember in this, genuine repentance is far more valuable to God and men and
women than an amazing act of kindness or penance or gift or sacrifice. Apology
without change of action is not genuine and will in time show for what it is. Remember
this passage when you think of it: "Has the LORD as great
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and
to heed His Words than the sacrifice the fat of rams." (1st Samuel
15:22)
As
best as we can, let's keep trying to make sure our repentance is genuine and
shows in a change of heart and actions. That's my aim too.
One
other note - when anger is held in and not properly dealt with and/or released
rightly, it grows to be other things - jealousy, hatred, and ultimately
bitterness. There is a godly jealousy (for God, and
within marriage) - I'm not referring to that. But there is also an irrational
jealousy that is wrong and leads to others sins with our lips. If we don't work
to forgive as quickly as possible, it will lead to a root of bitterness that
can even turn us away from God Himself. We must learn to forgive - and as
quickly as possible. "And be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32)
How can we do this? "... and Jesus while being reviled, He did not revile
in return; while
suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges
righteously..." (1st Peter 2:23)
"... so that there may not be
among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from
the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that
there may not be among you a root
bearing bitterness or
wormwood..."
(Deuteronomy 29:18)
Bitterness
is (in many cases) a root behind murder, sexual immorality and dramatic sins
like that. Pride is most often in each of those sins too.
Please
do keep in mind that forgiveness is not: reconciliation or the rebuilding of
trust. Forgiveness needs to be instant. Reconciliation takes 2 - both working
to understand the other person and fix their part and learn from it. And trust
has to be re-earned. Did you catch that? Trust has to be re-earned. If someone
is not changing - do not naively forget what they have done in the past. Trust
needs to be re-earned. Try not to be too hard on that person, but depending on
their level of hurt they did to you, they need to re-earn that level of trust.
Okay,
now to the witchcraft things in this movie.
(continued in Part 2)
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Disney's
Frozen
A Tale of Bitterness, Witchcraft and Lust
(Part 2 of 2)
>> Witchcraft &/Sorcery
--
If you missed part 1, you can find it here. Link:
(Picking
up on part 2... )
When
Anna makes her sister angry, Elsa unleashes ice crystals that form a series of
spears to scare and keep people away. And one general calls it 'sorcery'. A
unique note of honesty - if only they would be that honest throughout the film,
but alas - they are not.
The
movie pretends that Elsa was 'born' with this 'gift/curse' of being able to
freeze things and/or cast snow or ice out of thin air. But, that's not true.
All of us are sheep, just like God says we are - "All we like sheep have
gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all." (Isaiah 53:6)
If someone has inspiration and the extra energy to lead - an outside 'force'
(if you will) is supplying that energy and compelling others to follow. Either,
that energy is coming from God and leads closer to Him and truth, or that
energy is from satan and his demons and that energy
leads people away from God's truth, toward sin and destruction. So, point
being: children are not born with extra powers, as the world and media would
like us to believe. There are, however, kids who grow up in witchcraft families
who can more quickly learn and play with witchcraft to get what they want.
The
next question would be - what is witchcraft? Witchcraft is simply working with
demons to make something happen, make something appear/disappear (without
sleight of hand), manipulate a person to do something
or to boost our image or how people perceive us. Witchcraft is teaming up with
God's enemies (the created beings: demons) to fight for our wants, which
ultimately pulls us into becoming God's enemies. Some have been able to repent
from this serious set of sins - but sadly many, once entangled in them, can
never escape. Jesus taught this principle: "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever
commits sin is a slave of sin." (John 8:34) When people engage in
'playing' with witchcraft, they're playing with fire... If that's you, ask God
to forgive you and help you not to show any interest in demons or their lies
again, and get in God's Word regularly.
But,
if I may, teaching witchcraft to children in this story form, trains them at a
young age to become comfortable with something that is extremely dangerous for
their very souls, and their lives and families.
So,
what examples can I point to in this movie? There are quite a few.
§ Elsa as a young girl
creates a winter wonderland for her and her sister Anna to play in - all is
well, as Elsa is creating snow out of thin air - until one of her 'magic'
bursts hits and almost kills Anna.
§ Elsa (when stressed
or angry) can cause a variety of things to turn instantly to ice crystals.
§ Elsa creates her own
ice-castle - in a defiant song called 'Let it Go' (which I intend to get back
to next)
§ Elsa creates Olaf - a
living 'cute' snowman who's friendliness mirrors
same-genders over-giddiness.
§ Elsa creates
Marshmallow to chase off Anna and Kristof
§ Elsa uses her
'powers' to impale and destroy people with ice crystals to save herself.
§ And in the end, Elsa
uses her 'powers' to create a snow skating area for 'fun' and entertainment for
the whole village...
So,
what's so wrong with a little 'magic'? As I mentioned above, if that power or
source of energy is not coming from God, it's deadly to our souls and we must
guard against it - not showing any interest in it and/or running away from it
as quickly as possible when we are aware of what we got ourselves into. God is
the only protection from satan and his demons. Jesus
described them this way: "The thief comes only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
(John 10:10) Jesus also said this: "... satan was a murderer from the beginning, and does not
stand in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources,
for he is a liar and the father of it." (John 8:44) ~
How are we to handle satan? Only as Jesus did it in
Matthew 4:1-11 - reject his temptations and quote Scriptures as your source of
strength against those sins. And, this verse teaches it well too: "Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom
he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in
the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood
in the world.
" (1st Peter 5:8-9) ~ Ephesians 6 and 2nd
Corinthians 10 are also helpful in praying for others and wrestling in
spiritual warfare.
That
leads to the defiant song: "Let it Go". At first glance, it
doesn't look like much at all - but notice a collections
of lines and the message becomes troubling.
"... The wind is howling like this
swirling storm inside
Couldn’t keep it in, Heaven
knows I tried"
"Don’t let them in, don’t let them
see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal,
don’t feel, don’t let them know
Well
now they know"
Let
it go, let it go
Can’t hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don’t care what they’re going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway.
"It's funny how some distance,
Can make everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can’t get to me at all"
"It’s time to see what I can do
To
test the limits and break through
No
right, no wrong, no rules for me,
I’m
free"
"Let it go, let it go
I
am one with the wind and sky
Let
it go, let it go,
You’ll
never see me cry
Here
I stand and Here I’ll stay
Let
the storm rage on…"
" My power flurries through the air into the ground
My
soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And
one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I’m
never going back
The
past is in the past"
"Let it go, let it go
And
I’ll rise like the break of dawn
Let
it go, let it go
That
perfect girl is gone
Here
I stand in the light of day
Let
the storm rage on
The
cold never bothered me anyway!"
·
www.rotoscopers.com/2013/10/27/let-it-go-full-movie-lyrics/
Did
you notice anything unusual in that song? If not, please allow me to note a few
things that stuck out to me.
Ø 'Heaven
knows I tried' - usually this phrase and similar are ways to try to
excuse ourselves, but we make choices - and blaming God never works, for He
neither sins nor does He tempt us - satan tempts, God does not. (James 1:13-16)
Ø 'Don't
let them in, don't let them see' - kids are so easily enticed
by evil when young, because it looks more 'fun' than doing what is right. So,
most children have a leaning toward secrecy and deceit. This has the gloss of
manners while encouraging the hypocrisy of looking with manners, yet hiding a
heart of rebellion.
Ø 'I
don't care what they're going to say, let the storm rage on, the cold never
bothered me anyway' - look deeper into this, pulling all the pieces of
the puzzle together, and you see that this is really saying, let people rebuke
me for my doing evil, I don't care. And this song here is masterfully done so
that anyone can use it to boast in and hold to their evil. Do you see any
repentance in it? No - a slight touch of remorse, lots of determination in
rebellion. And, btw, this 'logic' can be used of same-gender perversion,
because that is a major push of the evil people these days. Entrenching oneself in his/her rebellion doesn't 'magically' make that
sin good, nor does it remove the life-consequences or the eternal consequences.
Through genuine repentance, Jesus' blood can cleanse from sin - removing the
eternal consequences, but there are still instant consequences to everything we
do - good or bad. It's not 'karma', it's God system of
consequences (good or bad) for our actions, words, thoughts and hidden intents
of the heart.
Ø 'It's funny how some
distance, can make everything seem small' - running away from our
problems is common cultural thinking - but it's wrong. Confession and genuine
repentance and growing in turning from our rebellion are the only right way to
handle those.
Ø 'It’s time to see
what I can do, to test the limits and break through, no right, no wrong,
no rules for me, I’m free' - the only breakthrough
described here is trying to break free from consequences to sin. Nothing new
there... but sin still has consequences
Ø 'the fears that once controlled me can't get to
me anymore' - looks good... until you link it with the next phrases -
time to test her powers... 'no
right, no wrong - no rules for me'... that's what satan says. Haven't
you heard that everything's gray in this culture?.. I
have too - doesn't make it true, but satan works overtime to get people to
believe this lie - and these lines are teaching that wrong track of philosophy
and living.
Ø 'I'm
free'... nope - as we saw above, Jesus made this very clear: when we
practice a sin, we are not free, but a slave of that sin. Our choices are
submit to God and His beautiful holiness, or we're going to stay slaves of our
sins and rebellion that will lead to our destruction
Ø 'Let
it go, let it go, can't hold it back anymore' ~ we can't hold sin back,
without the help of the Holy Spirit who only resides in those who repent and
trust in Jesus and grow in following Him
Ø 'Let
it go, let it go, I'm one with the wind and sky...' ~ a touch of new
age lies there. Do you see it?
Ø And
aside from the dramatic displays (in cartoon form) of what her 'powers' can do and
can 'create'... this stanza is the climax of wrong direction: ' Let it go, let
it go, and I’ll rise like the break of dawn, let it go, let it go, that
perfect girl is gone, here I stand in the light of day, let the
storm rage on, the cold never bothered me anyway!'
Do you really think that a song that teaches your children to rebel against God
and His leading through you is a good idea? And, did you notice the 'I'll rise'
statement? Kind of like satan's 'I will' boasts in
Isaiah 14:13-14. That's scary and God will not let such a boast go uncorrected,
for sinful rebellion is always wrong and can never stand against His gracious
and beautiful holiness. He will punish evil forever, but for now allows all who
will repent to do so...
Ø 'the perfect girl is gone' - first off,
as precious as some sisters in Christ are to me - they're not perfect, nor can
they be. Nor can I be. The world likes to pretend that something is 'perfect'
if it 'looks' perfect on the outside - Jesus taught a lot about this. I personally
treasure the sisters in Christ who love God and are growing in holiness and
pray for them daily. When this world only offers two choices - outward perfection
or rebellion, choose neither, just follow Christ and grow in pleasing Him. Remember,
Jesus consistently and constantly taught loving and doing what's right - from
the heart, not just in outward actions, words and appearances. If the heart's
not in it - it's just an act. :)
Okay,
that gives you a glimpse into those serious concerns and what God says about
them. Now, to the sexual implications in this movie.
>>Sexual innuendos
Disney
films are famous for these. In all of Disney's 'cartoons', there are
sexually-enticing and/or sexually-explicit scenes and/or just the word 'SEX'
written somewhere on the screen in plain view. This movie is no different. Here
are just a few that I noticed just from the trailers and a few little clips I
found on YouTube.
One
time when Olaf (the snowman who's a collection of parts) is scattered apart, and
he's trying to get back together and he sees his lower part running by and he
asks Kristof to help put him back together, by asking Kristof to: "Oh! Do
me a favor: Grab my bu**! (After
getting put back together) Oh, that
feels better." - If you laughed at that quote, you didn't catch
that it was a double-intender - it has at least 1 or 2 implied meanings... See
it now? And there are other such quotes in this movie. Is that really what you
want Disney or anyone else teaching your kids? It's called conditioning and
pedophiles do it all the time. They get a child used to something seemingly
innocent - even 'fun' as they lead them to where they can prey on them and use
and abuse them. This happens in quite a few sectors - MK-Ultra, training of
'movie stars', training of clothing 'models', as well as the sexual experiments
underground and the actual and active sex-slave trade you hear mentioned every
once in a while.
Back to the movie:
Did
you notice the kiss shared between the 'prince' figure and Anna at the very
beginning of the movie - they have only just met and within a few hours, they
kiss and agree to marry each other.... that may work in some rare occasions,
but most often that's a recipe for disaster. Instant
'attraction' can and is in many cases: lust - on both the part of the lady and
man. True love is balanced and steady - it's the ideal that we all need to aim
for. There's nothing wrong with physical attraction, but if that's what
initiates the serious relationship, that's a good setup toward a broken
relationship, or a marriage rife with adulteries, lust, or divorce. The only
way to have a lasting marriage is to get to know someone slowly (not meet and
want to marry on day 1). The reason I'm mentioning this here too, is because
this is teaching little kids how to do relationships and getting them
pre-programmed for infatuation relationships to be a major part of their
thinking... that cycle hurts so many. Just controlling emotions and building
friendships and learning about God and watching out for evil need to be our
main focus - not our next 'fun' or 'pleasure' moment... it grieves me to see so
many kids following the wrong pattern - which is why I'm pleading with you
parents so that you can watch this too, and teach your kids what God's Word
says (and maybe grow along in this too, as you help them).
Or
what about all of the times that Anna and Kristof are very close to each other
- he catches her, at another point - he picks her up and throws her for
protection, etc, etc... and a climax (at the end) where
they kiss - before marriage.
Or
how about when one 'handsome gentleman' falls on top of Anna, and then Disney
plays out this childish - 'oops' but that was kinda
'fun' scene? 'wink,wink'...
Are you beginning to see some very serious concerns? If you're not, then I'm
not doing my job of warning you well enough. But, if you are, then hopefully
you are starting to see that movies, novels, fantasy stories, etc are not entertainment,
but a are very often a perverse teaching tool of satan - wearing down our
resistance to sin, moving us closer to fall. For a child, all of these things
are like programming - these implications sinks down into their brains and
hearts (because they're like a sponge) and sets them up to compromise in an
awkward or wrong situation - and makes them all the more vulnerable in their naivety
for a pedophile or sexual abuser (male or female) to take advantage of them, or
convince them to fall into sexual immorality. Each of these are
a step. I know that to some people, each of these seemingly 'little things' will
look like over-analyzing... But, I'd like to reason with them using reality,
and remind them that falling into any 'big sin' starts with 'little sins' and
'little compromises'. No one falls into a 'big sin' in a day... if they fall
into that big sin, it's because their feet have been walking down that path a long
time... one step at a time, until their trapped in the claws of their
consequences - of which repentance and unlearning the wrong and evil ways is
the only way out.
>>Other Concerns
In
this movie, there are echoes of mockeries and counterfeits of Christ. Witchcraft
is that already by itself... if you didn't already know that - now you do :) ~
satan loves to try to duplicate God's miracles to get followers after
himself... and then to lead them to destruction because he cares about no one
but himself. I don't know how many people remember that satan
is the chief egotist and master charlatan, but he is.
One
'clever' counterfeit and mockery of Scripture in this film is that a lady walks
on water. Yes, you read that right. To figure this out, you have to follow the
clues. Elsa is born with a 'gift' - which is really glossed over and hyped demon-possession
that allows her to change anything to ice instantly. The odd thing is that in
real life, satan has no power to do this at all - but in fantasy, he can make
it look like he can... anyway, so, when Elsa runs away to get away from
everyone (for a collection of emotional reasons, including shame for what's
she's just done), she runs across the large lake to get to the top of the
mountain. Yes, you read that right - she runs across the not-yet-frozen lake,
each step turning the ground below her to ice. A lady walks on water - fantasy,
dangerous, and a satanic counterfeit.
Another
problem with this movie is the continual push of the wrong concept of a
princess. Please hear me clearly here - please don't just to conclusions on
what I'm about to say :) ~ On this earth, we must (guys and ladies) learn how
to work hard, seek God's help and to please Him in everything we do, watch out
for laziness, pride, deceit and rebellion. But, this world always loves to push
worldviews that try to side-track us onto being lazy, wanting life 'easier',
wanting life to be 'perfect'. This world's counterfeit is nothing like God's - Biblical
maturity is wonderful, admirable and beautiful. Those who focus on how they
'look' doing things are most often too distracted from the real part: a growth
in obedience, and loving and doing what is right, and teaching others to watch
out for what is wrong. Please, Dads and Moms, don't
train your daughters to be princesses - train them to be diligent,
hard-working, Bible-loving followers of Christ, and servants of others. And please
teach them not to follow the ways of this world's 'princesses' - lazy,
emotion-driven, loves playing too much, wants flattery, and will do anything
for her wants, power, or pleasure. That's a counterfeit - train them right and
to have a personal growing relationship with God and His Word, and they won't
depart when older. Do not withhold discipline either - for that is vital to
teaching them to love what is right and hate what God calls evil.
One
last subject to cover - and this one usually makes
people angry, but I'm not trying to make you angry, but I do need to share one
last concern to watch out for. Okay? Ready? All fantasy and entertainment hurts
me and you spiritually. All entertainment leaves images that we can never fully
erase from our minds - and ideas that we have to unlearn to go back to doing
what is right and just doing that. Yes, I used the word all. You see, every
form of fantasy (with very, very few exceptions) create a
imaginary world where God's Word and consequences don't exist - it's just us
and our pleasures. And, almost completely all of the ones that do mention God
are talking about a 'god' that is FAR different from the One who wrote the
Bible and Who Is and Was and always Will Be. The 'god'
is a counterfeit, and sin is excused as normal - and repentance is scorned and
rebellion is propped up and mocked at as though it's
fun and we can get away with it. Fantasy movies, romance novels, comic books,
99% of movies, 99% of music, etc - 99.9% of those things hurt us - because they
change us. They change our definitions of right and wrong, and we have to
either correct those wrong definitions and/or re-learn those lessons. They also
change what we believe about core things - this movie (FROZEN) confuses the
word love and confuses the concept of the relationship that leads to marriage.
>>About the Author of this Study
So,
one of your last questions may be why this crazy person analyzes things like
this - what's his point? Good question - thanks for asking. First off, I'm
Steven Henry and I live in FL, USA. I write these studies and talk about
reality - because I care about you and your kids. - Please, allow me to explain.
For over 12 years, I have been ministering to middle school and high-school
kids (and some college-age), talking with them, helping them to see things from
God's perspective and helping them to see what sins and/or life-style choices
are hurting them and how to correct those. In that process, I've seen many kids
that I personally cared about destroying themselves in the 'fun' of sin. It's
painful, and if I can help your kids, or at least you to help your kids - to
protect them from things that are very painful and spiritually dangerous, then
I will consider this kind of project successful - no matter how much anger or
hate I get from it. I don't do these types of projects lightly - I do them
because I care. Please remember this verse concerning those who care enough to
tell us the truth: "Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful." (Proverbs 27:6)
Thank
you for reading and hearing me out. I welcome your comments - email, message or
comment below. Thankyou! And, I'm praying for each of you who read this that
God might give you new clarity in His Word and give you wisdom in how to leave
hindrances and wrong people or wrong influences from your life so you can be
more effective in serving and following Jesus! Hope you'll keep me and my
family in your prayers too. Thank you again ~
your friend,
a growing servant/life-slave of Jesus, SH
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