By Marsha West, Christian Research Network
To keep fans of The Chosen up to speed, I have laid out all my concerns in Is God really the one behind ‘The Chosen’ as the creator of the series declares? So I’m not going to do that here. However, the answer to my question is a resounding No! How do I know this? Because the creator of The Chosen, Dallas Jenkins, struck up a partnership with a pseudo-Christian cult that calls itself The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, formerly Mormonism, to produce the series even knowing full well that in 2 Cor 6:14-15 Paul makes it clear that believers are not to have intimate connections with non-believers:
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God.
Why? Because believers and non-believers are polar opposites. Paul compares light with darkness. He asks, “What accord has Christ with Belial.” Belial in Hebrew means wicked or worthless. Belial and Satan are one and the same. So Paul was asking God’s beloved to look before they leap into a pile of rubbish. Since God’s people have nothing in common with the dark underworld, refrain from getting involved. Continue reading