On Monday morning news, clips were shown with comments of the tragedy from the night before.
The Academy Awards show host, comedian Chris Rock told the sad truth which was only a half-truth.
On display before the world the spokesperson for racial discrimination fell far short of his potential.
Sad, because a half-truth is not the whole truth. Mr. Rock missed a golden opportunity for the full truth.
On top of the many deliberate choices to ignore God in the movie scripts, acting roles and productions was the crowning absence of mentioning the sin of prejudice.
Prejudice is a sin of the heart.
Mr. Rock chastised the evening’s theater audience and viewers worldwide watching the variety of movie making workforce, some of whom received accolades and prizes for their hard work.
Like seeing the tip of an ice berg Mr. Rock complained about what was seen with regard to missing talent. He never told about the huge unseen cause of racism, SIN.
Rightly so he railed about African Americans, or black people, or people of color being omitted in the nominations. But the deep rooted centuries old sad sin of prejudice wasn’t pointed out as a sin.
Sin is rarely if ever mentioned in the non-God world of Hollywood’s gigantic pride issue of leaving God out and putting more evil in. Even worse – sin is called right.
Hollywood is just one city, one industry consistently neglecting the truth of the Absolute Sovereignty of God, His Holy Scriptures and Jesus, His Son of salvation from hell.
As the world faces enormous problems of life and death, the mega megaphone of Hollywood is mostly silent in not calling evil sin and sin evil.
Big Hollywood is mute in not calling to God’s only Savior of all souls, Jesus Christ for help and salvation. Little Hollywood (Christian efforts) keeps dancing around full gospel truth.
Instead of the immense bully pulpit of Hollywood using its power to address the root cause of all evil, the sin nature people are born with, the movie makers would rather showcase everything but that.
How great the difference would have been if the comic was serious.
Instead of playing to the expectations of the audience, Mr. Rock could have given a monologue of deep conviction on the sin problem of the soul. The unfix able problem of human effort trying to be perfect.
Instead of taking the high road railing against the sin of prejudice, he merely mentioned what everyone knew he would say.
I didn’t hear him say the word prejudice, sin or God. If he did or didn’t it’s still a missed opportunity to say more.
Probably because the world hasn’t fallen apart enough people aren’t serious about praying to God.
Because God is kind and generous He has and is providing many days for people to call out to Him for safety, security and salvation from hell before it’s too late.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
A similar situation that mirrors the problem of sin and its hellish consequences forcing cries to God, is the inevitable desperation and cries for help that will come in one form or another concerning terrorism.
How many potential deaths, attacks and disasters will actually happen to shift huge public pressure against Apple? Isn’t that the elephant in the room question, no one is asking publicly?
Controlling every aspect of an inevitable 1984 society, seems to be Satan’s gaining advantage.
God allows evil to rise as He leaves only His door to His throne open with His command to come in, through belief in His Son Jesus in faith alone. Real security is trust in the Savior, Jesus.
Psalm 14:2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
His ambassadors proclaim God’s truth to a dying world. James 1:21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
https://www.mdr-thethreshold.com/all-souls-matter-in-going-with-the-flow-or-not/
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