Since we launched our article about The Chronicles of Narnia,
we have been overwhelmed by hundreds of emails.
Many people said they felt the same things, but found it hard
to explain this to others, who were so happy with Narnia.

The principal of a Christian school thanked me from
the bottom of his heart. He called it an answer to his prayer.
He so strongly felt this movie was loaded with the demonic,
but had to convince most teachers in his school,
who didn't see the danger.

Most Christians who felt a red light flashing in their hearts,
caused by the Holy Spirit, found it very hard to stand up
against the tremendous enthusiasm in the Church towards Narnia.
Many even encountered anger and accusations
from other Christians, the moment they spoke up against
the witchcraft and sorcery in Narnia.

It seems that not every Christian wants to hear what the Bible really says about the occult.

What is very interesting, is that many people
who have been active in the occult, before they
became Christians, testify that they felt a strongly occult effect
in the movie. I amazes them that most Christians,
and even most leaders, seem to lack that spiritual discernment.

I will give one example: a woman wrote me,
that she used to be involved with the occult.
As a result she had been under demonic oppression.
After giving her life to Jesus Christ completely,
she received prayer and was set free from these demons.
Now she was encouraged by Christians to read
The Chronicles of Narnia.

One of the dangers is that people learn to get used to
the occult more and more. They lose their caution towards
the demonic world. They start to think that idols
out of Greek and Roman mythology are friends,
like they see in Narnia. That dwarfs, giants, fauns, nymphs,
unicorns, forest-spirits, who are in fact demonic realities,
are actually good-natured. Because they are the inhabitants
of the enchanted land Narnia, where Aslan is king.

Not only the white witch, which is an evil-natured character
in the film uses sorcery. The children themselves use it too
and the inhabitants of Narnia use magic frequently.

On the cover of the English books it says:
“The most enchanting fantasy novels ever written”.
That answers the question ;-)

The children use magic spells, magic weapons and magic powers
to fight. In a certain situation a child, Lucy, calls forth
the presence of Aslan, using a spell from the book of a sorcerer.

The message that is given to the reader, is:
'It is good to use magic spells, if the cause is noble!'
Children who read this, can then go to a bookshop,
find al kinds of books about wicca and witchcraft,
that offer different spells, and start practicing it.
The bizar thing is that they have been encouraged to do this,
through reading a 'Chistian' novel, by a famous Christian author...

At this time almost the entire Christian world,
even some of the largest ministries, promote books
that litteraly encourage children to practice witchcraft...
Pretty weird, isn't it?

It's a sure sign of the times we are living in. In our days
sorcery is something that comes up very strongly.
The bookshops are crammed with it. In department stores
books on witchcraft and sorcery are piled up.
Children are literally overrun with it.

“This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with
counterfeit powers and signs and miracles.”
(2 Thessalonians. 2:9)

“For the word of God is full of living power.
It is sharper than the sharpest knife,
cutting deep into our innermost thoughts
and desires. It exposes us for what we really are.”
(Hebrews. 4:12)

However few people want that. They fear to be critisized.
Many are afraid to show one's colours, in fear of resistance.
I believe that God wants to change us all, to swim
against the tide of this world and say:
it's not about spirits and wonders, but about God
who became man in Jesus Christ. It's not about
your own spiritual power, it's about repenting of your pride
and unwillingness to do God's will.

The tendency is to bring a Christian standard that is sweet,
without any real confrontation. And therefore without
real repentance. It's just a 'Christian' religion that's being brought
without the confrontation of light and darkness. Even worse:
in many Christian circles (where there should be light), they
get rid of the truth and they open their gates widely for darkness, humanism, New Age, earthly wisdom (human intellect) etc.
And they allow those things to come in.

It's something that really arouses God's anger.
God demands PURITY, and He hates it when His people mix
with the powers of this world.

Some believe that the movie Narnia was made to tell
the world about Jesus Christ. That really isn't the case!
The purpose of Narnia has nothing to do with telling
people about Jesus, otherwise His Name would have
been mentioned somewhere in the movie or books.

You have to realize that at first I wanted to see the movie,
because I saw a chance in it to carry out the gospel.
In my heart there is a passion to make Christian movies,
that will bring millions of people to their knees
for God in the cinema. Initially I hoped Narnia would be
something like that too.

He doesn't want Christians to get involved with these
kind of spiritual powers. We are called to be separated
from everything that's not from God Himself.
The Bible says with great severity that
God demands us to be holy.

"Seek to live a clean and holy life,
for those who are not holy will not
see the Lord."
(Hebrews 12:14).

What does the word holy mean?
It isn't about not making mistakes. It literally means:
to be separated/set apart. To have nothing to do with
anything unclean. That concerns both the spiritual
and the natural.

Holiness is not an option. It's an absolute demand
from God to us, His children.
He exclaims in the Bible:

"BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY!"
(1 Peter 1:16)

In our church God estimated this call the last year.
I thought I was quite holy for God. But still I watched
movies that had many ungodly, unclean elements in it
and I read comics and books that were not pure.
Some contained flirting, dirty jokes, occult characters,
unnecessary violence, infidelity, references to spirits, etc.

Being a famous Christian is no guarantuee of purity.
Throughout history there are countless examples of people
who served Jesus Christ, but also drank from other wells.
They became unpure vessels, in the end, even if
at certain times they were powerful instruments of the Lord.

In the Bible you see the shocking example of
the apostle Peter, who gets some amazing insight
from his heavenly Father at one point. Full of passion
he says, completely swimming against the tide of the world:

“Jesus, You are the Son of God, the Messiah."

All of a sudden he realised that God came down
on earth in human form. Jesus praised him for that:
"My Father in heaven has revealed this to you.
You did not learn this from any human being." (Matthew 16:17)
Peter was clearly inspired by God, and very powerfully!

Shortly after that Jesus spoke of His coming death
as a sacrifice for the human race. He tells us the way
He's going to suffer and that he will have to lay down His life.
Peter jumps to His feet and says:

"No Lord, that will NEVER happen".

Jesus' reaction is shocking.
He turns to Peter and says:

If we don't fully repent of our own ego, of our own little will,
of choosing our own way over God's way, if we don't
get to the place of a deep surrendering to the Father
in Heaven, no matter what His will for us might be,
then Satan will be able to work through us. That's a reality.
After all, the human road to blessing is diabolic.

Any form of human wisdom is demonic in nature too.
This is how strictly the Bible states it:

Please do it! It will bring forth so much more blessing and life!
And God wants us to be blessed.

The fact that something contains very good messages
is no sign that the entire thing is good. A beautiful red apple
can also contain a poisoneous core, if it has been injected
by invisbile poison.

You have to realize that most false doctrines are based
on the truth. Many teachers of false doctrine make use of
good insights. Wizzards and witches, New Age gurus
and even downright satanists will sometimes say things
that are very right, and from which you, as a Christian,
can learn a lot. Satan is not a fool, you know!

How do you tempt a little mouse to walk into a trap?
Not by piling up some nails, do you? That will of course
never appeal to a mouse! It's by putting a nicely smelling piece
of cheese in it. Something a mouse likes very much. Something
that's useful to his body. It strengthens him. Yummie...

How can you stay pure then?

By keeping away from any other spiritual source
than Jesus Christ in the Bible.
And by being with Jesus a lot, through prayer.
He gives you the Spirit of Truth.

Jesus Christ said about Himself:

“I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Noone can come through the Father except through Me!”
(John 14:6)