Courtesy of John Lanagan at The Word Like Fire Ministries
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John,
You are missing the point. Our critiques against The Chosen aren’t given so we can “judge” the hearts of men as that is only in the hands of the Lord. But according to your reasoning, Christians should not criticize or question or challenge anything that calls itself Christian. But if that were true, then we’d have to throw out the ministry of the apostle Paul, not to mention the prophets of old, the disciples, and even the teachings of Jesus Christ. Some of the warnings by these ones are to beware of “false prophets,” “false brethren,” “false christs,” “false apostles,” “false witnesses,” “false teachers,” “deceitful workers,” “another gospel,” and “another christ,” These statements are talking primarily about those claiming to be IN the church. And we must very much agree that “division is also satanic,” as you stated. Yes, some of it definitely is, but even the Lord Himself said He came to divide, and there are ample Scriptures that talk about dividing truth from error. Unity is only good if it is in the framework of truth (God’s truth according to His Word).
John, if you haven’t had a chance to read our report: The Chosen: 10 Critical Concerns, we hope you can do that at some point. It may help clarify what we are concerned about. https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/new-booklet-the-chosen-series-10-critical-concerns/
Just going to leave this one right here:
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Or, what Jesus said:
“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”
Friends, division is also satanic.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is being shared globally, in a culture almost clueless to the wonder and beauty of God.
Life, friends.
LIFE is what we need.
And Jesus is that life.
How many of us criticizing The Chosen have made anything as an alternative?
Be angry, frustrated, “concerned”, sure, but go do something about it. And for the love of God (literally), quit with the venom and hatred.
None of us come to Jesus clean.
NONE. It is He who washed us, cleansed us, is still cleansing us. He calls us sons and daughters, saints, not sinners.
But we did not start there.
It is His love, HIS Spirit that transforms us from the inside, out.
Let us not forget this.
We did not clean up ourselves.
If we think we have, the cross becomes meaningless.
Much love,
J
Thank you for exposing Dallas Jenkins, his Mormon friends and all in The Chosen series.
They are deceiving millions of people!
Spencer Smith has a youtube channel, and he calls out false teachers, etc. Prior, he had done a couple of videos warning people about The Chosen (and he even mentioned Light House Trails Research about The Chosen in one of those videos), but his most recent video sounds the alarm even more (if it really needs to), but if you are interested, the name of Spencer Smith’s recent video is called: CONFIRMED: Chosen Actress Admits They Present “ESOTERIC” Concepts!
I weep for the state of the church. Cindy
Thank you for doing this. I’ve received some backlash from Christians because I ardently oppose this series. I happen to have friends who say they got saved at a Billy Graham crusade but are temple Mormons now. Dallas Jenkins . . . is clearly confused and I am wondering what his father thinks about all of this. It’s ridiculous to me to see how many Christians follow this stuff and don’t see an issue with it. Then again, you have woke Christians embracing everything LGBT, so is this really all that shocking? Thanks for what you do.
@ David Chapman, it’s not that Dallas doesn’t know what he is talking about. He has a chronic need to talk out of both sides of his mouth. He does this in just about every interview he is in. I can safely conclude that he . . . has no ability to provide a straight answer when pressed for one.
Jenkins said that he had not read the book of the Mormon. So, if that is true, how could he possibly know that “I am the law and the light” isn’t referencing the law of Moses??? That doesn’t add up. This video shows that Jenkins doesn’t know what he is talking about.