okay next one this is from Matt do you
believe Christians should watch
television for the purpose of
entertainment taking into consideration
first John 2:15
let me read first John 2:15 if you're
not familiar with it do not love the
world or the things in the world if
anyone loves the world the love of the
father is not in him
do you believe Christians should watch
television for the purpose of
entertainment taking into consideration
first john 2:15 now I might just mention
one or two things that I just mentioned
the fact is that first John 2:15 does
not specifically say that it is sin to
own a television or to have a computer
that you may watch things on it doesn't
say that so I am NOT going to say that
it's absolutely wrong for one of you
folks to own a television now that being
said let me remind you of some other
things that scripture does say Psalm 101
verse 3 I will not set before my eyes
anything that is worthless how about we
read that one again I will not set
before my eyes anything that is
worthless if you are in the habit of
wasting your time in front of the
television with that which is worthless
if it has no eternal worthless means it
has no value if it has no value for your
soul it has no value for your life it
has no value for eternity what in the
world are you doing sitting there
wasting your time that you're supposed
to redeem hey I
understand when you've worked all week
and I understand when a man wants to
come home and he's wiped out and he
throws himself on the sofa and he wants
to fire up the Martin Luther movie and
just fall asleep and I understand it I'm
not going to condemn a guy for doing
that but I'll tell you this I think on
the one hand watching Martin Luther
might have some value to it I've
personally found that old black and
white one to be profitable to my soul
I understand times in your life when you
need to kick back with your wife and if
your thing is sitting and watching the
stars or the wind blow or whatever it is
that more power to you if that's if
that's what you want to do but look
setting things that are worthless before
your eyes that's not a good thing Psalm
26 for I do not sit with men of
falsehood nor do I can sort with
hypocrites I hate the Assembly of
evildoers and I will not sit with the
wicked I will not sit with the wicked if
you're watching trash and filth and
wicked men do wicked things on
television what what do you think you
think that's any different than if the
guy sitting at your dinner table if
you'll let people come in to your home
and say things across your television or
across your computer that you would not
allow them to come in and sit at your
dinner table and say what in the world
are you doing I will not sit with the
wicked Psalm 1:1 those of you that were
there for Sunday School on Sunday
blessed is the man who walks not in the
counsel of the wicked nor stands in the
way of sinners nor sits in the seat of
scoffers and there is so much garbage
and there is so much worldly perspective
there is so much counsel of the wicked
there is so much of the way of sinners
and the seat of scoffers coming
across televisions and if you'll sit
there and absorb that you are doing what
the Blessed righteous man of Psalm 1
does not do
psalm 119 37 turn my eyes from looking
at worthless things now you can't hardly
pray that if you'll turn right around
and willingly set that which is
worthless before your eyes proverbs 14 7
leave the presence of a fool for there
you do not meet words of knowledge if
you've got idiots and fools saying
foolish things doing foolish things the
fool says in his heart there is no God
living godless lives on television says
leave that presence
it doesn't say sit there and suck it up
it says leave it you've got the power of
the clicker folks