[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.58,0:00:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 5: Violent video games. Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.78,0:00:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This comes from Shawn. Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.78,0:00:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Should a Christian play violent video games Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.31,0:00:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like shooting games or fighting games?" Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.68,0:00:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just say this: Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.92,0:00:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is killing good or bad? Is it right or wrong? Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.73,0:00:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it encourage Christ-likeness or ungodliness? Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.52,0:00:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The psalmist says, "I will not set before my eyes, Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.11,0:00:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything that is worthless." Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.18,0:00:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything we allow into our lives Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.89,0:00:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or don't allow into our lives, Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.46,0:00:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to ask about worth. Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.06,0:00:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I already quoted to you Philippians 1:9 Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.06,0:00:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Paul says that his prayer is that Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.19,0:00:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would get to the place where Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.97,0:00:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would approve of that which is excellent. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.02,0:00:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excellency has to do with worth. Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.44,0:00:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, we need to get to a place Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.69,0:00:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we've got discernment. Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.98,0:00:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to discern good and bad. Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.12,0:01:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're to abstain or abhor that which is evil, Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.74,0:01:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but cling to that which is good, Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.53,0:01:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got to be a place where we're able Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.34,0:01:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make these evaluations. Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.31,0:01:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we're able to make discernments. Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.78,0:01:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the reasons that some of the questions Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.90,0:01:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are even being asked about violent video games Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.10,0:01:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or heavy metal rock is because these young people Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.52,0:01:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't know the Bible. Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.48,0:01:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they knew the Bible, Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.72,0:01:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's clear what Scripture says. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.06,0:01:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, it comes back to this, Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.41,0:01:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are we trying to be as worldly as possible Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.94,0:01:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still be a Christian? Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.28,0:01:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are we truly seeking to live excellently?