But Zerubbabel and Joshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel said to them, "You may do nothing with us to build a house for our God; but we alone will build to the LORD God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us." Ezra 4:3
God’s people were sent primarily by God and then by the king of Persia to rebuild the ruined temple in Jerusalem. Once they were there, enemies of God (Ezra 4:1-2) offered to “help” with the project. The Jewish leaders rightly refused their help.
When it comes to building Christ’s Church, He is the Master Builder and He only uses His people, not the help of the unbelieving world who are “enemies” of God (John 2:15, James 4:4).
What has this to do with “The Chosen”? Only this: if this is supposed to glorify God (and one would think that a work about Jesus would be for His glory!), it ought to be done exclusively by God’s people. “The Chosen” is a work by some who may be Christians, and by those who are not. Forget all the crew members, the primary cast member (who portrays Jesus) is a Roman Catholic. If he believes Roman Catholic doctrine, he believes that Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross is not enough, but that “believers” must add to Christ’s work on the cross with good works of their own. These added works are not merely to be performed in this life, but continue in purgatory after physical death before one can enter Heaven. That is not biblical Christianity.
The actor who portrays Jesus even went to Rome to receive the Pope’s blessing on his portrayal of Jesus—and on a bag full of rosaries. Click Here to see a video of this encounter with the Pope.
Beyond the actor, the creator, director and co-writer of “The Chosen,” an alleged Protestant, also went with the lead actor to meet the Pope. He is the other person in the video clip linked above.
Please do not respond to these three blog posts with, “But I like it!” or by saying, “I don’t see what the big deal is!” What we like is not the point. And if I do not see what is the big deal, that doesn’t mean it is not a big deal, it only means that I do not see it.
Let us be discerning about entertainment masquerading as the Bible that has many more reasons to not watch, than to watch.