It has been suggested by more than one person that I should not be critiquing this series since I’ve never watched an episode, but does one have to look at pornography to be able to criticize it?
“The Chosen” is a TV series created by Dallas Jenkins which supposedly tells the story of the “authentic Christ.” But does it really do that? That’s what this post is about to examine.
Our first evidence comes from Famine in the Land.
Here we see the claim by Jenkins that God “pressed it on his heart,” and the hearts of others, that this would be one of the high callings of their lives and that he must take responsibility to tell the story of God’s people with extreme care and dedication…. Mr. Jenkins claims that he felt God speaking to him 3-4 times in his life. He claimed he felt God “laying on his heart” that “in several years The Chosen was going to be what people thought of when they pictured the disciples.” He went on to say, “I felt like God was saying that ‘this will be the definitive portrayal of My people and this is what people are going to think of around the world when they think of My people. And I’m not going to let you screw it up.’”
So Jenkins is claiming direct revelation from God to make this series, which is typical of false prophets and false teachers. Direct revelation would leave to absolutely NO errors or false teachings. Think about that as we continue our examination. Read that article in the link provided above and the author makes good points about the need for revelation from God since we have the Scripture.
Some things which Jenkins adds out of his imagination are: Matthew is autistic and James the Lesser has cerebral palsy. He imagines and presents feuds between disciples and backstory that is never mentioned in the Bible. A reading of each episode’s synopsis shows extensive examples of extra-biblical information (like Peter breaking the Sabbath to fish and the extensive story arch resulting from that addition).
Jenkins claims it’s just a show all the while claiming direct revelation from God for its contents!
Rather than me repeat all the problems Famine in the Land’ article presents, go read the article for yourself. But an egregious example of blasphemy is Jesus’ composing his Sermon on the Mount where he rehearses it with counsel and advice from Matthew!!! This is not the Jesus of the Bible!!
The second major problem is Jenkins’ work with Mormons: During an interview on a Mormon talk show, Mr. Jenkins shared how he’s learned so much about the LDS community since beginning his partnership with VidAngel. He then goes on to say in the interview, regarding Mormons:“We love the same Jesus…I’ll sink or swim on that statement.” This is blasphemy to the nth degree—the Jesus of Mormonism was conceived by the LDS god having sex with Mary!!! And the LDS Jesus is not God. This alone should raise zillions of red flags regarding the series. As FITL points out: Partnering with a cult that endeavors to be seen as Christian is dangerous. It gives the cult respectability and makes them seem as though they are part of mainstream Christianity.
Continue in the article to read how deeply Jenkins is involved with Mormonism.
Another problem with Jenkins: Mr. Jenkins partners with far more than the LDS church. He partners with NAR-connected (New Apostolic Reformation) worship leaders who sing on set and participate in the show. Individuals like Bethelite Sean Feucht, Elevation Church-connected Cody Carnes and Kari Jobe, Hillsong, Chris Tomlin, and Phil Wickham.
Just see my article about the horrors of Hillsong and the heretics cited here and their ministries.
Now all this is to demonstrate that Jenkins is a liar when he says he got direct revelation from God for his series because God would not allow him to work in any way, shape or form with the LDS—unless it’s the same “person” from whom Joseph Smith got HIS revelations. With this background no Christian should be watching or promoting the series, and, except for the blasphemy that Jesus was getting advice from Matthew for his sermon, we haven’t even touched the show itself!
Next, if you don’t want to read anything else, please look at my article with evidence about more association with Mormons, including the fact that the executive producer is a Mormon, as well as some problems with some scenes. Jenkins even claims that 95% of the series is made up from his imagination—Do you really want to teach people about Jesus when 95% is someone’s imagination? Watch the videos in my article. (One shows not only Jesus’ rehearsal for the Sermon on the Mount, but also He advertises for people to attend, as well as continued rehearsals with women telling him how to dress for preaching!) If just those videos don’t change your mind, then you are failing at a discernment test.
I’d like to sum up by asking you to look at my second article about this series, which includes a scene from episode six where more changes are made to the Bible.
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