“My daughter likes Twilight. What should I do?”

That is a very serious problem on a number of levels. The “Twilight” series is a very dangerous threat to the home. Because this series of books and movies is such a threat, and because of the reasons I will outline below, I would immediately be concerned about my daughter’s salvation.

There are many problems with this series. On the surface, it may seem like any other love story (not that those are necessarily healthy or right). In this case, the love story centers around murder and a lust for blood. Those two traits exist, by default in a vampire. The lead character, Bella, is in love with a vampire! Right away, anyone with half a brain will equate vampires with Satanism and the occult. Sadly, however, many have been blinded to this fact just as Bella was in the series.

Real quickly, let’s look at some of the traits of a vampire and how they seem to parallel God:

First, the vampire (and Satan) is able to perform many acts which would seem to us to be miracles. Jesus clearly performed many miracles while He was here on earth. John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

The vampire claims to live eternally. We know that all who reject Jesus Christ will spend an eternity in Hell.

The blood sacrifice: Prior to Jesus coming to earth in the form of a man and willingly laying His life down for us all on the cross, a blood sacrifice was required to cover the sins of the Old-Testament saints. Ultimately Christ offered a blood sacrifice which was sufficient to purchase eternal life for all who believe in Him. The vampire also consumes a blood sacrifice to maintain his own life. Where Jesus offered His own blood for others, the vampire consumes others blood for himself. What is even worse is in how the vampire blood lust is in parallel to pagan rituals where human blood is sacrificed. Of course, we know God warns about the consumption of blood (Lev 17:14).

There are many other issues we could point out, but, again, anyone who is reasonable, who has the Holy Spirit in their heart, will already know that Vampires and Christians do not mix.

As I said at the beginning of this answer, If my daughter were consuming the “Twilight” garbage, I would be concerned about her salvation. Consider the following verses:

2 Cor 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

First and foremost, God is emphasizing that there should be no fellowship between light and darkness! Still, God continues:

2 Cor 6:15-16 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? (16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

God is drawing a clear line between the saved and the lost – that line centers upon the separation between God and Belial, between God and Satan. You cannot serve both! In fact, both the light of the Word of God and the darkness of Satanism (or Vampires) cannot occupy your heart.

Mat 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

In fact, Jesus is saying that if one’s eye is evil (if you look at or consume evil things), the whole body is full of darkness.

So, to answer your question: What should you do? First, pray for her salvation. Second, remove the garbage from your house. I’ll not say much about this, but it is widely believed that satanic influences can be invited into the home by satanic actions (such as reading / watching “Twilight”). Third, replace the garbage with Scripture.

Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
 

When dealing with teens, there is often the problem of music to deal with as well. When we consider music in the light of separation, we see that all this contemporary mess doesn't fit! No, it may not be the same hymns and songs they had 200 years ago, but I believe the Spirit-filled believer from 200 years ago would not be so concerned about the music in our churches as they would be the absence of real preaching. 

Throughout the country, men stand behind the holy desk and look over various crowds of people. When they do, are they addressing the problem at hand or are they offering a salve to hide the stench of sin? I am sick of people looking at only one aspect of Jesus. Yes, Jesus is the epitome of love, but He is also the very standard of justice and of righteousness. People today are saying that Jesus would never preach hard. Remember: Jesus said that if one would offend a child, it would be better that a millstone be tied around his neck and he be cast into the sea. Wow. Sounds like some hard preaching. Jesus walked into the temple and drove the merchants out at the end of a whip. That does not sound like the preaching most people get today.

Yes, preachers, we need more preaching on sin. Why is our country in the state it is in? Why are countries sending missionaries to the United States? BECAUSE PREACHERS AREN'T PREACHING!!! Come on men, be MEN and PPPPRRRRREEEEEEEAAAAACCCCCCHHHHHH! If you need to, go by Wal-Mart and get a back-bone (I know ... many of you had your back-bones removed at your local Bible College). Get out your Bible and PREACH! Throw these pansy, don't want to offend anyone, easy-sleazy, feel good messages away and get out the SWORD ... Let's do some HOLY GHOST SURGERY. We need the men of God to preach the Word of God. Yes, that means we need to call sin by it's name. If you have brain cancer, you don't want the doctor to tell you what a lovely head of hair you have - you want him to CUT IT OUT!!!

If we, as preachers, would preach the whole counsel of the Word of God, that would include preaching on sin.

2Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Yes, we are to exhort or lift people up, but we are also to preach on sin. We are to reprove and rebuke. The apostles showed the love of God but they PREACHED that men needed to REPENT!!! We need preachers that expose the cancer of sin, not pink-pantie wearing "pasthors" who are afraid of losing their retirement if they make momma know-nothing mad.