When I first came on AFF, I thought everyone was like you. Turns out, it's not true and you're right...this won't be a popular thread with most, although you'll be a hero to some. Others will believe you're an already-established poster just wanting to have some fun, which you may be.
Anyway, you're wrong about a few things here and the first I'll point out is this....yes, one certainly can control what comes on their TV. I can. Certain channels can be blocked out. I'll confess that I don't block out any channels, although I'm occasionally tempted to block TBN. But ultimately, I don't block out "bad" channels because I never watch them.
You see, the ultimate filter than any of us will
ever have is the power of the Holy Spirit. That filter
never fails! You say that if one has a problem with lust, one shouldn't be turning on any Hollywood productions. But, my friend, if I head to my local mall, I'm gonna see things just as "tempting" as anything I'll see on any Hollywood production, and it's live and in person...so what do I do then? I'm sorry, but if I've got a problem with lust, I can't walk out my front door without being tempted. And even then, if I lock down the doors to my house and become a recluse in order to defeat my problem with lust, there's still my mind!! I can still
think about all the things I'm tempted with! What do I do then...have a lobotomy?
This is why I need God's power and His grace to cover me, when I'm on the internet, when I'm watching TV, when I'm at the mall and when I go to the grocery store. Heck, one can even be tempted by girls at church who are wearing "holiness" clothes! This is the serious problem with people that only see the Holy Spirit as something that happens in a church service when someone speaks in tongues...they miss the
real power of the Holy Spirit that empowers us
at all times!!!
Lastly...your most troubling statement..."
Let me tell you that Heaven is cheap at any price. I am willing to give up anything and everything if Christ convicts me to do so."
You are very sincere, it seems, but this is the very reckless assumption that you and so many other pentecostals make. You
cannot buy heaven!!! You cannot not give up enough to get there!! You cannot sacrifice enough, give up enough, do enough, pray enough, give enough...do
anything enough!! You cannot earn your way to heaven and it is
only by God's incredible grace that we make it there!
If you are, indeed, the "real deal", I'm glad you're here at AFF!
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