cogito

I recently discovered John Alan Turner’s blog, Faith 2.0, and have been really enjoying it. As of late he has been dealing a lot with The Da Vinci Code, and he asked, “What Would Jesus Do With The Da Vinci Code?” I responded thus:

In Matthew 16:13 Jesus asked, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

When his disciples had detailed the varied confused conclusions, he then asked, “But who do you say that I am?” and when Peter responded with the truth - “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Peter was praised for his statement of faith; Jesus then went so far as to say that such a proclamation was the foundation of his church.

The Da Vinci Code is an intentional misrepresentation of who Jesus Christ is. Just as Jesus called his disciples to answer “Who do you say that I am?”, we are called to declare who he is, that the “gates of Hell shall not prevail against” his church.

It is correct to assume that Jesus would not have been “meanspirited”; however, he did not tolerate those whose ideas worked against his Father’s plan. On the very same occasion - following his profession of faith - Peter contradicted Jesus regarding his impending death; Jesus’ response was far from passive:

“Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” (Matt. 16:23)

We must certainly favor meekness as Christians, but we also have an obligation to speak boldly when Satan tries to ensnare the weak with “entertainment” such as this. The common response of late has been “this is just fiction!” That is truly the case; however, Dan Brown was not so straightforward in his book. On the very first page he writes, “All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate.” Is it not likely that when he asserts something about NT manuscipts (albeit through fictional dialogue), that most readers are going to accept it according to his “Fact” page? [See Apologetics Press: The Da Vinci Code and the Deity of Christ.]

Jesus would stand for the truth, and we must do the same, without hesitation or fear.

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