Star Wars. Call me carnal but I like Star Wars, our American culture loves Star Wars, and having some exposure to it gives me something to build a bridge to the gospel with folks. It is good to take the natural and make a light-speed jump to spiritual when the door opens.
This is a good illustration because and only because God gave me this today.
In Star Wars, it is basically the opposite of the gospel.
You are naturally good, and choose the dark side which seduces you. Some resist and stay good, others embrace the dark side and eventually get comfortable in the ways of evil.
Christianity is just the opposite. We are born on the devil’s team and that is why Jesus said “ye must be born again.” Infants do go to heaven — and not because of infant baptism which is not even biblical — basically because God puts in an exemption status there. There is an age of accountability once you can see the light God attempts to shine on you and reject it.
What happens when you give a 2 year old a cookie? Or put 50 toys in a room and tell them they can play with every toy in the room except the Tonka truck?
We are naturally “bad” and have to choose the LIGHT side which “seduces” you. More like woos you like a man trying to win the heart of his future bride. You have to embrace the light, say “I DO” to God, and eventually get comfortable in the ways of God.
Jesus is the light of the world. Praise the Lord, I saw the light. And you can to. But you have to see, that you can’t. Until God opens your eyes.