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Why I Do
Not Have A Television
In 1938, at the very dawn of the age of television, news
anchorman, E.B. White uttered these words: "I believe TV is
going to be the test of the modern world, and in this new
opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision, we shall
discover either a new and unbearable disturbance of the
general peace or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall
stand or fall by TV, of that I am quite sure."
Well, we have had over half a century to put TV to the test,
and it has failed miserably. Not only has TV become "an
unbearable disturbance," it has become one of Satan's chief
devices in his deceitful plot to destroy our nation.
Ninety-seven percent of all American homes have at least one
TV, but I don't. After several years of Bible reading and
study, I personally cannot see the need for a TV in my home.
In fact, I can think of a few good reasons for NOT having
one! In this tract, I'd like to give four reasons why I do
not have a TV.
The Bible Says Not to Listen to Lies
According to Proverbs 17:4, "A wicked doer giveth heed to
false lips..." A righteous man doesn't listen to a liar! The
Lord Jesus said that THE DEVIL is the father of lies (Jn.
8:44), so it's EVIL to sit around listening to lies.
One doesn't have to watch much TV to realize that the
networks are well trained pathological liars! (That's not an
overstatement.) Through network news and standard
programming, the perverted philosophies of the liberal media
are channeled straight into the American home. You don't get
the truth on TV; you get THEIR VIEWPOINT.
You don't receive the real news from the networks. You
receive THEIR COMMENTS about what THEY wish to report. They
do the filming, the editing, and the reporting. You receive
what they want you to receive, and they give you what gives
them the highest ratings. That's how it works. Truth is not
essential. The "nightly news" isn't news at all; it's
propaganda--just one big lie after another.
The regular programming is even worse. You may think that
you are just getting "entertainment," but you're getting a
lot more. TV POISONS your soul with falsehood.
In the TV world, sex perverts are actually "gay," drunkards
are "alcoholics," communists are "political activists,"
dopeheads are "chemically dependant," adulterers are "having
an affair," and fornication is "free love" or "pre-marital
sex." There are no welfare bums on TV, for they are all
"oppressed minorities." Good old fashion discipline has
become "child abuse," and moral standards have been
conveniently transformed into a "value system." They're
calling evil "good" and good "evil" (Isa. 5:20). They're
trying to polish up sin and make it look attractive, because
they're crooked sinners.
The TV networks are the biggest double-tongued liars around.
They never can tell it like it is! These people have proven
time and time again that they are professional liars, and
the Bible says not to listen to them.
The Bible Says to Abstain from All Appearance of Evil
We are told this in I Thessalonians 5:22. If it's evil, then
we have no business looking at it. David said, "I will set
no wicked thing before mine eyes. . ." David knew from
personal experience that looking at the wrong thing could be
very harmful. Before he ever committed his sin with
Bathsheba, he first allowed his eyes to LOOK upon her nude
body (II Sam. 11:2). In Joshua 7:21, Achan sinned after he
SAW the "Babylonish garment." In Eden, Eve sinned after she
feasted her eyes upon the forbidden fruit (Gen. 3:6).
Satan tempted the Lord Jesus by SHOWING Him all the kingdoms
of this world (Lk. 4:5), and he will tempt you the same way.
Satan will use TV to tempt you.
You say, "I don't let TV influence me. I don't yield to the
temptations." That probably isn't true, but even if you
don't yield to the temptations you are still LOOKING AT
EVIL, and the Bible told you not to do so! Would the Lord
Jesus sit and watch the same programs that you watch? Would
He sit there and watch the same sex and violence that you
watch? Well, would He? Think about it.
The Bible Says Not to Fellowship with Devils
Paul writes in I Corinthians 10:20, ". . . .I would not that
ye should have fellowship with Devils." Then in II John 9-11
we are told not to allow anyone into our homes who doesn't
abide in the doctrine of Christ.
Friend, do you think Hollywood abides in the doctrine of
Christ? Do you think that bunch of cursing fornicators out
in Hollywood are Christian people? Listen, those people on
your television have absolutely NO USE for Jesus Christ.
Those people are caught up in humanism, spiritism, atheism,
materialism, and gross immorality! Hollywood has no use for
the Lord Jesus Christ, and I have no use for Hollywood! I
refuse to let total strangers march right into my home and
indoctrinate my family with their hellish ways. I refuse to
fellowship with devils! My Bible tells me to RESIST the
devil (Js. 4:7), not invite him into my home!
The Bible Says for Us to Redeem the Time
We are told in Ephesians 5:16 to redeem the time, because
the days are evil. Time is valuable. As someone has said,
"You can't kill time without injuring eternity."
America's favorite pastime is NOT baseball; it's television!
By the age of eighteen, the average young person has wasted
over THREE YEARS of his life watching TV! If you spend only
two hours each day watching TV, you will waste ONE FULL YEAR
every twelve years! That's SIX WASTED YEARS out of a
seventy-two year life! How many years have you already
wasted? Are you prepared to stand before God and give
account for that wasted time? What are you doing with the
168 hours per week that God gives you?
Friend, stop wasting time and start redeeming time, because
life is too short to waste.
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