ENTERTAINED BY SIN

John Piper, pastor and teacher wrote an answer to a reader’s response concerning the issue of being entertained by sin. “When we are tired and want to unwind from a good day’s work, we settle in with some series or movie that we hope will be minimally offensive or crass or obscene, and then we’re drawn into a suspenseful or interesting plot. And then scene after scene portrays a God-ignoring, man-exalting, sin-condoning, sex-distorting, marriage-weakening, maleness-mocking, femaleness-trivializing, righteousness-ridiculing, arrogance-admiring worldview. We ordinary, struggling saints, who long for purity of heart and holiness and all the fruits of the Holy Spirit, simply won’t be able not to be entertained by sin and shaped in our minds and hearts by that very entertaining worldview. The enjoyment of being entertained by sin is the issue.

So, God bless you. If you are growing in holiness and purity of heart in mind, in manner, in mouth; and if you are being helped to love God and feel an urgency for the salvation of the lost; and if you are being taken deeper into prayer and into loving service to your church; and if you are being made more bold and more strong to stand against the destructive tides of our culture; and if the desire for God’s word is rising with greater passion because of your regular enjoyment of sin-soaked movies — because you are not entertained by that — then carry on.”

“Blessed are pure in heart, for shall see God.” Jesus