It happens all the time. You're watching a
scary movie and some guy or girl
does something dumb and you think “Oh, he’s going to die.” We can learn a lot
from that dumb guy and scary movies. For instance, in scary movies
the guy that’s too curious and goes to investigate a sound in a dark room always
ends up dying.
Lesson 1: Don’t be curious about the dark side. (2 Titus 4:3, “For there will be
a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their
own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an
insatiable curiosity to hear new things.”)
Lesson 2: The girl who runs out of the safety of her house screaming into the
dark woods ends up dead. Never leave the safety of God’s Word. (Psalm 91:4, “He
will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His
faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.”)
Lesson 3a: The dude that looks back while running
away from the killer always trips... even when there’s nothing on the path to
trip over. Always run forward, keeping your eyes on the path ahead of you.
(Prov. 4:25-26, “Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze
look straight before you. Make the path for your feet level, so that all your
ways may be established.”)
Lesson 3b: The girl that trips usually hurts her
ankle and it requires her friends to come back and have to help. Sometimes you
need help getting away from your sin. (James 5:16, “Therefore confess your sins
to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of
a righteous person is powerful and effective.”)
Lesson 4: If you ignored Lesson 3a, and you looked back and tripped, don’t sit there
waiting/crying. Get up as fast as you can and run! (Acts 22:16, “And now what are you
waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on His name.”)
Lesson 5: Creepers/ Monsters/Killers are always long distance runners in scary movies.
Train for long distances, train in God’s Word. (Heb. 5:14, “But solid food is
for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good
from evil.”)
Lesson 6: Saying “Hello?” or “Who’s There?” as you walk through the dark house.
It just lets the killer know where you are. It’s not very wise. Be wise. (Psalm
119:98, “Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.”)
Lesson 7: People move into a haunted house and weird, scary things start
happening, but they don’t move out. They stay there and try to “fix” it. They
should just move out as soon as possible. We should “get out of” the sin as
soon as possible. Weird things start happening, but we don’t always stop right
away. (John 5:14, “Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, ‘See,
you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.’”)
Lesson 8a: The killer/creepy dude never dies the
first time (or stays dead). In scary movies the killer always gets back up
after the hero has stabbed, shot, hit, or crushed him. Never assume sin will go
away and you will never be tempted by that same sin again. (1 Kings 15:34, “He
did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of Jeroboam and committing
the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.”)
Lesson 8b: The killer always gets up after the heroin
has turned her back on him, and discarded the weapon used to “kill” him. Never
get rid of your weapon. Always pray and since you can’t always carry your weapon,
the Bible, with you, memorize scripture. (Joshua 1:8, “Keep this book of the
Law on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to
do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”)
Lesson 9: Always make it a head shot. Zombies are only stopped with a shot or stab
to the head. Make sure you don’t leave room for the sin to keep coming after
you. (Matt. 26:41, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”)
Bonus: Lessons
from Movie Villains
Lesson 1: Just kill them. Villains have a bad habit of dragging things out by telling the hero how they’re
going to kill him. Don’t just talk about how you’re going to stop sinning, just
stop it. (1 Cor. 15:34, “Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop
sinning…”)
Lesson 2: Villains have elaborate machines to slowly kill the heroin that leave
plenty of time for her to escape. Don’t take too much time coming up with an elaborate
plan to stop sinning, but never end of doing. (1 Cor. 10:13, “No temptation has
overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will
not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He
will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”)
Lesson 3: Villains love to brag to the hero about their evil plans, and of
course the hero escapes and then knows how to thwart their evil plans
(Think of Dr. Doofenshmirtz).
Again, don’t just talk about
your plan to quit the sin because Satan will try to thwart your plan before you
have a chance to implement it. (1 Thess. 2:18, “For we wanted to come to you –
certainly I, Paul, did, again and again – but Satan blocked our way.”)
Love You,
Dad
Dad
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