One day I
sat to watch a movie called fireproof. As a young man like many young people, I
had a different view of marriage.
Nevertheless, this movie helped me greatly in that it brought to reality
the journey of a biblical marriage. While some movies are aimed at helping
people to be trained in a particular area others are meant to entertain. However,
I believe movies that tell Bible narratives in as much as they would be
entertaining must give only biblical information and nothing more. Failure to
do so will result in stricter judgment for the producers and all those who
promote them.
Let me
explain this a little more. James 3:1
says, “Not many of you should become
teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with
greater strictness.” In Galatians 1:8 it says, “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel
contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.” How does this relate to movies of Bible
stories? A movie can inform and teach.
Just like I was able to be taught and informed by fireproof. The Bible
narratives like the story of Joseph and that of Samson teach us many things
about God and how he related with the people at that time. It is from some of
these that we know God’s character, God’s will, God’s attributes and so on and
so forth.
So then if
movies can teach and inform then they should teach or speak nothing else apart
from what the Bible has revealed. For example nowhere in the Bible does it
indicate that Joseph kissed Portiphars wife before he left his coat in her
arms. So a movie that will show such a scene will be “teaching another gospel.”
It will actually be adding to the Bible information that is not there. And I am
sure you know what Revelation 22:18 says about people who do such.
How then
will it bring stricter judgment? It will bring stricter judgment because the
one who teaches will be judged with stricter judgment and that is what Bible narratives do, they teach. So God will have stricter judgment the producers of the movie and the ones
who promote that movie.