One is appalled to hear of the increase in using the Word of God as a basis for entertainment and commercial purposes. Programs are devised to amuse the masses and at the same time to appeal to the religious senses in men. The Word of God was never intended to be used for plays and entertainment. If God will not hold the man guiltless that takes His name in vain, what will He do to those who make light of His Written Word? Has He not said that He has magnified His Word above all His name? (Psa. 138:22I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. (Psalm 138:2).)
These things cannot be done without adding color and attractions to appeal to the natural senses and emotions of men. But, hearken! What does God say about adding to His Word?— “Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar,” and “if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life.” (Prov. 30:66Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. (Proverbs 30:6); Rev. 22:18-1918For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. (Revelation 22:18‑19).)
Jews, Catholics and Protestants may be found who will unite in saying that such use of the Bible is a fine work, but their approval only shows how shockingly low the moral state is that the Word of God is so little revered and honored. The Bible is not just another book—it is the Word of the living God.
Fellow Christian, beware! and lend not your ears or sanction in any way to such mockery. Men who do these things may be sincere as men go, But are they not guilty of mixing the holy with the unholy as was done by Belshazzar the night he was killed? He mixed the vessels of the house of God with the vessels of his gods, and combined all to the pleasing of his natural heart; and did not the handwriting on the wall pronounce his doom? Cannot men read the handwriting today? (Dan. 5.)