Video of the Day: Clip from the 1999 movie “The Green Mile” (language warning)
Bible Verse of the Day:
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths, 2 Timothy 4:1-4.
Biblical Connection:
Telephone was a silly game that I played as a child to illustrate how messages change as they are passed on down the grapevine. As Paul Edgecomb plays a warden on death row, one of his prisoners seems to be innocent. This inspires Paul to see the defense lawyer who tried John Coffey’s case. After a family dog brutally attacked his son, Paul has doubts about Coffey’s innocence.
In today’s passage, Paul provides a glimpse into the future. In the last days before Jesus’ return, human beings will begin to believe what their itching ears want to hear. Subsequently, social media platforms have turned into a real-life game of telephone, slamming and trashing anyone who disagrees with your political and spiritual worldview. Unfortunately, Charlie Kirk’s recent assassination is a direct result of the cesspool known as social media.
Closing Song:
I stopped caring about what people think of me years ago. Yet, it’s sad when adults act like little children, hating a stranger that they have never met because someone on social media demonized their reputation. Make sure that you follow in the footsteps of the Bereans who tested everything that they heard with the Bible, clinging to only what is true, Acts 17:10-12.
by Jay Mankus
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