1 00:00:02,260 --> 00:00:06,900 There is a popular craze in Hollywood right 2 00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:10,700 now among celebrities and that is to climb 3 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:12,840 aboard the Jesus bandwagon. 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,440 It's popular now for famous celebrities to talk 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:18,640 about their Jesus. 6 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:24,420 Hollywood Jesus is a mixture of Buddhism, Mormonism, 7 00:00:24,860 --> 00:00:29,440 New Ageism, and Christianity all rolled into one. 8 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:34,800 Hollywood Jesus doesn't believe in an eternal hell 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:35,640 of punishment. 10 00:00:36,380 --> 00:00:39,900 Hollywood Jesus is tolerant towards sin. 11 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,980 Hollywood Jesus just wants to make you happy 12 00:00:43,980 --> 00:00:47,120 and take you to your version of heaven, 13 00:00:47,540 --> 00:00:49,060 whatever that is. 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,260 Hollywood Jesus is like the Little Academy Award 15 00:00:54,260 --> 00:00:55,980 Oscar statuette. 16 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,080 He's shiny and golden and prestigious to have. 17 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,940 You can carry him in your designer handbag 18 00:01:03,940 --> 00:01:06,080 and pull him out as needed. 19 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:11,560 Hollywood Jesus is here to empower you to 20 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,020 be the best you can be for yourself. 21 00:01:14,460 --> 00:01:18,540 But best of all, Hollywood Jesus won't get 22 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:20,740 in the way of your daily living. 23 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,660 The only problem with Hollywood Jesus is that 24 00:01:25,660 --> 00:01:28,200 he's not the Christ of the Bible but 25 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,580 a god of the imagination designed to fuel 26 00:01:31,580 --> 00:01:34,720 the egos of Hollywood celebrities. 27 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,620 Hollywood Jesus will let you stay unchanged in 28 00:01:39,620 --> 00:01:42,040 your sins and give you as much of 29 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:43,440 the world as you desire. 30 00:01:44,140 --> 00:01:47,840 Hollywood Jesus will let you sit on the 31 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,700 throne of your life, and he exists just 32 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:51,820 to serve you. 33 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:55,660 But the Jesus of the Bible is a 34 00:01:55,660 --> 00:01:59,100 risen living Lord who sits at the right 35 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:02,100 hand of the Father on a heavenly throne 36 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:04,880 of authority, and he earned that right by 37 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,039 way of a bloody cross. 38 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,080 The Jesus of the Bible, who is the 39 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,080 Son of God, has rights and claims on 40 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,980 all followers of his, he declares in Matthew 41 00:02:16,980 --> 00:02:20,280 16, 24, and 25. 42 00:02:21,660 --> 00:02:25,980 If any man will come after me, let 43 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:29,420 him deny himself and take up his cross 44 00:02:29,420 --> 00:02:31,020 and follow me. 45 00:02:31,020 --> 00:02:35,740 For whosoever will save his life shall lose 46 00:02:35,740 --> 00:02:39,880 it, and whosoever will lose his life for 47 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,400 my sake shall find it. 48 00:02:42,940 --> 00:02:47,240 Hollywood Jesus is the devil disguised as an 49 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,180 angel of light who is full of pride 50 00:02:50,180 --> 00:02:51,880 and wants to be worshiped. 51 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,200 The great God of the Bible will deal 52 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,740 with Hollywood Jesus on a future day fast 53 00:02:58,740 --> 00:03:03,580 approaching when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed 54 00:03:03,580 --> 00:03:07,960 from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming 55 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,400 fire, taking vengeance on them that know not 56 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,000 God and that obey not the gospel of 57 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,480 our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished 58 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,640 with everlasting destruction from the presence of the 59 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:27,380 Lord and from the glory of his power.