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<blockquote data-quote="CoreyD" data-source="post: 77289533" data-attributes="member: 450434"><p>Greetings and peace to everyone.</p><p>I was really interested in <a href="https://www.christianforums.com/threads/is-diablo-2-okay-to-play-for-christians.71325/" target="_blank">this thread</a>, but I didn't want to revive a twenty year old thread, so I decided to start this one.</p><p></p><p><strong>A conversation between two Christians</strong></p><p>John : <strong>I play violent video games at times. However, I'm smart enough and so are all Christians. So we would never do the violence stuff in those games</strong></p><p></p><p>Peter : <strong>Read Psalms 11:5</strong></p><p></p><p>John : <strong>Psalms 11:5 - The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.</strong></p><p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>Yes, but I don't love the violence?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"></p><p>Peter :</p><p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>Why do you play games? </strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"></p><p>John :<strong> To relax. </strong></p><p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>Have a little fun.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>Entertainment.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"></p><p>Peter : <strong>After reading that verse, if God or Jesus were coming over to your home, would you feel comfortable they find you playing violent games?</strong></p><p></p><p>John :</p><p></p><p>Peter : <strong>You know, John, we don't often think of God and Jesus in out presence, when we are engaging in various activities.</strong></p><p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>It's good practice though to consider how they feel about what we do on a daily basis.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>True, some will mock, and think that God is overly restrictive, or that we are taking everything too seriously.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>Whom do we want to please though. People, or God?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>You know, there is good reason why God teaches us the way he does. Read Deuteronomy 18:10-13</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"></p><p>John : <strong>Deuteronomy 18:10-13 </strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><strong>There shall not be found among you <em>anyone</em> who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, a soothsayer, one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, </strong></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><strong>or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who consults the dead. </strong></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><strong>For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is going to drive them out before you.</strong></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><strong>You are to be blameless before the LORD your God.</strong></strong></li> </ol><p>Peter : <strong>Thanks. Did you notice there, how God feels about magic, or casting spells, sorcery,, and suchlike?</strong></p><p></p><p>John : <strong>They are detestable to him. In other words, God hates them. They disgust him.</strong></p><p></p><p>Peter : <strong>Yes. Very good. So how should we feel about those things? How does God view those who feel as he does? Did you notice the answer in verse 4?</strong></p><p></p><p>John : <strong>You are to be blameless before the LORD your God. </strong></p><p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>If we avoid such things, God views us as blameless.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"></p><p>Peter : <strong>Yes. It reminds us of what God requires of his people. He said, "You must be..."</strong></p><p></p><p>John : <strong>"...Holy, for I am Holy." </strong></p><p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>God's holiness - his purity, separates him from what is impure. So magic, sorcery, and those things are impure. I guess because they are from Satan, right?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"></p><p>Peter : <strong>Can you understand then why God hates with a passion those who love violence?</strong></p><p style="margin-left: 40px"><strong>God has tolerated a lot of things which are removed from his nature. We look forward to the time when all these will no longer exist.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px"></p><p>John : <strong>Thanks Peter. You really helped me to see that I need to consider more than my own feelings. It's not about me, but how God feels.</strong></p><p></p><p>Peter : <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoreyD, post: 77289533, member: 450434"] Greetings and peace to everyone. I was really interested in [URL='https://www.christianforums.com/threads/is-diablo-2-okay-to-play-for-christians.71325/']this thread[/URL], but I didn't want to revive a twenty year old thread, so I decided to start this one. [B]A conversation between two Christians[/B] John : [B]I play violent video games at times. However, I'm smart enough and so are all Christians. So we would never do the violence stuff in those games[/B] Peter : [B]Read Psalms 11:5[/B] John : [B]Psalms 11:5 - The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.[/B] [INDENT=2][B]Yes, but I don't love the violence?[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] Peter : [INDENT=2][B]Why do you play games? [/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] John :[B] To relax. [/B] [INDENT=2][B]Have a little fun.[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][B]Entertainment.[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] Peter : [B]After reading that verse, if God or Jesus were coming over to your home, would you feel comfortable they find you playing violent games?[/B] John : Peter : [B]You know, John, we don't often think of God and Jesus in out presence, when we are engaging in various activities.[/B] [INDENT=2][B]It's good practice though to consider how they feel about what we do on a daily basis.[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][B]True, some will mock, and think that God is overly restrictive, or that we are taking everything too seriously.[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][B]Whom do we want to please though. People, or God?[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][B]You know, there is good reason why God teaches us the way he does. Read Deuteronomy 18:10-13[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] John : [B]Deuteronomy 18:10-13 [/B] [LIST=1] [*][B][B]There shall not be found among you [I]anyone[/I] who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, a soothsayer, one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, [/B][/B] [*][B][B]or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who consults the dead. [/B][/B] [*][B][B]For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is going to drive them out before you.[/B][/B] [*][B][B]You are to be blameless before the LORD your God.[/B][/B] [/LIST] Peter : [B]Thanks. Did you notice there, how God feels about magic, or casting spells, sorcery,, and suchlike?[/B] John : [B]They are detestable to him. In other words, God hates them. They disgust him.[/B] Peter : [B]Yes. Very good. So how should we feel about those things? How does God view those who feel as he does? Did you notice the answer in verse 4?[/B] John : [B]You are to be blameless before the LORD your God. [/B] [INDENT=2][B]If we avoid such things, God views us as blameless.[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] Peter : [B]Yes. It reminds us of what God requires of his people. He said, "You must be..."[/B] John : [B]"...Holy, for I am Holy." [/B] [INDENT=2][B]God's holiness - his purity, separates him from what is impure. So magic, sorcery, and those things are impure. I guess because they are from Satan, right?[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] Peter : [B]Can you understand then why God hates with a passion those who love violence?[/B] [INDENT=2][B]God has tolerated a lot of things which are removed from his nature. We look forward to the time when all these will no longer exist.[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] John : [B]Thanks Peter. You really helped me to see that I need to consider more than my own feelings. It's not about me, but how God feels.[/B] Peter : :) [/QUOTE]
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