The Lord Does Not Delight in the Strength of the Horse. He Takes No Pleasure in the Legs of a Man.

Psalm 147:10-11

 

He does not delight in the strength of the horse;

He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy. NKJV

Recently someone told me that The Chosen has a scene where Jesus is shown not playing ball very well. 

 

Supposedly, the game was one played during the time of Jesus.  No matter. My point is that my Lord Jesus was treated in such a disrespectful and misleading way.

 

Unlike our modern culture where grown men play children's games, I do not believe the disciples, many fishermen, all now fishers of men, had or took time to play games. 

 

 The apostle Paul admonished the early church to put away childish things.  Maybe some adults took time for such games, but I do not believe Jesus and the disciples did. Look at my posted verse. Jesus' disciples were concerned with learning from Him about God's hope and mercy. 

It is clear that Dallas Jenkins knows little about the Bible, or cares little about what it says, to put a scene like the one mentioned (there are many others even worse) in his movie.

 

Jenkins uses historical fiction as an excuse for writing Jesus into our culture as he seemingly hopes to cause people to identify with Jesus and like Him. 

 

Through these disrespectful misrepresentations of Jesus, far too many  believe they are understanding Jesus Christ beyond what God said in the Bible.

God takes no pleasure in this movie.  Dallas Jenkins obviously does not fear God as he is rewriting the character of Jesus most disrespectfully.  

Dallas Jenkins, according to the scenes in The Chosen, is not hoping in the mercy of God, but rather in a vain imagination exalting itself above God. 

 

 God plainly says to cast down imaginations that exalt themselves above God as we read in 2 Corinthians 10:5

 "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."

 

Please do not look to this movie to learn about Jesus.  You are like sheep going to the slaughter if you do so.  You are not learning about the true Jesus. 

 

This Jesus of Dallas Jenkins and the LDS looks good to you because He is portrayed with sinful behavior and failures like you have.  So wrong.  Jesus is the Son of God.  Take time to learn of Him through prayer and reading the Bible. 

Father God, deliver us from evil.  Protect us from Satan's lies.  In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.  Amen.