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Number 5: Violent video games.

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This comes from Shawn.

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"Should a Christian play violent video games

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like shooting games or fighting games?"

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I would just say this:

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Is killing good or bad? Is it right or wrong?

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Does it encourage Christ-likeness or ungodliness?

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The psalmist says, "I will not set before my eyes,

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anything that is worthless."

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Everything we allow into our lives

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or don't allow into our lives,

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we need to ask about worth.

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I already quoted to you Philippians 1:9

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where Paul says that his prayer is that

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we would get to the place where

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we would approve of that which is excellent.

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Excellency has to do with worth.

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Folks, we need to get to a place

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where we've got discernment.

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To be able to discern good and bad.

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If we're to abstain or abhor that which is evil,

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but cling to that which is good,

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we've got to be a place where we're able

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to make these evaluations.

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Where we're able to make discernments.

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One of the reasons that some of the questions

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are even being asked about violent video games

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or heavy metal rock is because these young people

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don't know the Bible.

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If they knew the Bible,

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it's clear what Scripture says.

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Again, it comes back to this,

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are we trying to be as worldly as possible

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and still be a Christian?

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Or are we truly seeking to live excellently?