An Interview with God?
I recently saw an advertisement for a movie that opened in various theaters on 8/20/18. The name of the movie is “Interview with God”. I have no idea what this movie is trying to prove, but I know what it is doing. It is bringing God down to the level of man. This is yet another work of Satan, and is blasphemy. On 7/7/18 I wrote an article about an upcoming T.V. show named “God Friended Me”. The article was named: “God Friended Me, Really?” As with the T.V. show, I will not be watching the movie. Both ideas are ridiculous!
Because of the apparent similarities between this upcoming series and the new movie, I decided to do a little research so I can be prepared if someone asks me about this movie. I went to imdb.com to find out the storyline of the movie. It states: “Paul Asher, an up-and-coming journalist, returns home from covering the war in Afghanistan and finds his life falling apart – his marriage is failing and he’s in the grips of a personal crisis he doesn’t yet understand. Even more pressing, a soldier that Paul befriended in Afghanistan is struggling at home and Paul is desperately trying to help him. But, Paul’s life takes a strange twist when he’s offered an interview that he finds impossible to resist – an interview with someone who claims to be God.” NOTICE – “claims to be God”
Has man lost his mind? Have not they read in Exodus 33:20 what God said to Moses after Moses asked God to “shew me thy glory” in vs 18? God cannot be seen by man, let alone be interviewed, because the interviewer would not survive the interview. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. This verse alone shows the foolishness of such a project or even the idea for such. Then, there is what we read in John 1:18 which states: No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
The genre for this movie is DRAMA / MYSTERY. I have no doubt that this is indeed a “mystery” as one could not possibly know what it be like to conduct an interview with God. Of course it would also have to be a “drama” as nothing in one’s existence will be as dramatic as when they stand at God’s judgment bar and receive the just sentence that will be handed down based on how each individual responded to the Word of God while they lived their lives on this earth.
The problem that brings about such shows and movies is that people fail to read and study the scriptures. In the first century we see that “iniquity” was already active . For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. (2Thessalonians 2:7) Then in vs 8 we are told what the outcome will be for all who participate in iniquity. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Previously, in this same letter, in 2Thessalonians 1:8-9, the Spirit had Paul inform these brethren as to the fate of all the disobedient. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; If folks would read and study the Word of God, they would be less likely to commit such blasphemy.
In doing my research I came across a book with the same name which may have been the “inspiration” for the movie. It was written by F.W. Shannon in 2015. In this book the interviewer was named David. He asks a man claiming to be God, in an apartment in Soho, wearing flip-flops, jeans, tee shirt, and a ball cap, answering questions that mankind has been asking for centuries. A review of the book also states that “the answers might just blow your mind and open your heart.” Pathetic! Another similar work touted as a “self-help” book was uploaded in 2001 by Reata Strickland (no relation) to her local denominational congregation’s website with the title “Interview With God.” This was done with no advertising or promotion. This particular volume has simple text and nature photographs. Reportedly, within a week a half a million people had visited the site and within a month it had over 13 million hits. While God did provide nature for humanity, it is not the way He communicates with us. In Ephesians 3:5 we see how His Word is delivered. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; Then, in Hebrews 1:2 we see that God now speaks through His Son. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
We need to be concerned about the interview Jesus will have with us when He judges the world in righteousness. This is an “interview” Jesus will be conducting and we will have to answer some questions. GET READY! Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Dennis Strickland – Mooresville church of Christ
