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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?