‘He Gets Us’ Campaign Editorializes the Bible
As millions of households prepared to watch the 2023 Super Bowl last night, Christians across the country prepared for what are typically secular advertisements, licentious halftime performances, and plenty of NFL virtue-signaling. What they got was something, a little unexpected.
“He Gets Us” commercials aired on national television, depicting images of brutal riots in American cities, photos captured of hateful moments, chaos, and terror, with the reminder that Jesus commands his followers to love their enemies.
“He Gets Us is a diverse group of Jesus followers with a wide variety of faith journeys and lived experiences. Our work represents the input from Christians who believe that Jesus is the son of God as well as many others who, though not Christians, share a deep admiration for the man that Jesus was, and we are deeply inspired and curious to explore his story.”
He Gets Us
This was not the first time the “He Gets Us” movement purchased pricey ad time during a professional sporting event. The organization has spent $100 million thus far on spreading their short and simple agenda: “to rediscover the love story of Jesus. Christians, non-Christians, and everybody in-between. All of us.”
‘He Gets Us’ Commercials Represent Jesus as an Immigrant, an Activist, and a Rebel — Not the Son of God
By doing this, the organization presents a “watered-down” version of who Jesus really is, according to conservative commentator, Allie Beth Stuckey. The commercials display Jesus not as the Son of God, Savior of a fallen world, and the conquerer of sin, but as a refugee, an immigrant, an activist, an influencer, a troublemaker “roaming the hood,” a criminal wrongly accused — all in an effort to make Him relatable.
“It said on the screen ‘Jesus was a refugee’ — no he was not, that is a lie.”
“Jesus and his family, when he was a child fled from a part of the Roman Empire to another part of the Roman Empire . . . He was not a refugee, that is a lie, it’s nowhere in the Bible, it is made up, it is editorialized.”
“Secondly, there was a Spanish version of that advertisement that was not called the ‘Refugee Ad’ it was called, the ‘Immigration Ad.’ What you just saw was emotional manipulation.”
Charlie Kirk — The Charlie Kirk Show
Conservatives have criticized the advertisements for virtue-signaling to the leftist value system. Illegal immigration is good, activism is good, being unruly is good — because Jesus “gets it.”
“Jesus also wasn’t an activist — this again something that we hear from the left a lot, that, ‘He was an activist, He was a socialist’ — things like that.”
“All of these different names that they give Jesus so they don’t have to face the uncomfortable fact that Jesus died for our sins. Because then you have to face the uncomfortable fact that you are a sinner in need of a savior.”
“There’s so much good news in Jesus, but first we have to be met with the bad news that we actually need a savior.”
The biggest problem is that, despite claiming their goal is to bring people to Jesus, those within the organization don’t even agree on what that means. The company includes “many others who, though not Christians, share a deep admiration for the man that Jesus was” — not who Jesus IS, and the salvation from sin that He offers us. The mission statement isn’t complete: bring people to Jesus — and then what? Study the history lesson? Or find eternal peace though faith in Christ.
“Rather than attracting people to Jesus, it actually distracts people from the Gospel.”
Allie Beth Stucky
Liberals Outraged that ‘He Gets Us’ Campaign was Partly Funded by ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Groups
Conservatives have called attention to the organization because it ignores the Gospel, but left wing outlets are outraged that the donors who funded the campaign adhere Biblical teachings at all.
One CNN article wrote that the “campaign has connections to anti-LGBT and anti-abortion laws” — shocked that an organization talking about Jesus would have a number of Christian donors who believe in Biblical marriage and the sanctity of life.
“The campaign is a natural fit with the NFL, whose games have long contained symbols of religion. Players often pray on the field and point to the heavens after touchdowns.”
CNN
CNN also reached out to Vanderground, the representative for He Gets Us, to ask if the campaign “supports and affirms LGBTQ Christians” to which the representative took the most non-divisive stance possible:
“The debate over LGBTQ+ issues is a great example of how the real Jesus too often gets lost, overlooked or distorted in debates over political and social issues. Our focus is on helping people see and consider Jesus as he is shown in the Bible . . . He gets us and he loves us, and that includes people on all sides of these issues.”
Vanderground — representative for He Gets Us campaign
Something that the organization does not seem willing to accept however, is that Jesus is divisive. The Bible condemns some behaviors that the world deems praiseworthy and takes pride in. As Allie Beth Stuckey often says, “You cannot out-love God” by being inclusive, by adhering to the world’s standard of love and acceptance.
Aside from the wholly fabricated claims about Christ’s life, the “He Gets Us” campaign tells people that they are Christ-like even without Christ’s redemption. It ignores the fact that, without hearing the good news of the Gospel, they will remain dead in their sin.
Listen to Charlie Kirk and Allie Beth Stuckey discuss their thoughts on The Charlie Kirk Show available on Rumble, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
