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Makes me wonder how you manage to justify having a computer and being on the internet. Isn't that also "the lust of the eyes and pride of life"?
Interesting, isn’t it, how we reflexively point the finger away from our own dirty deeds when we find ourselves being held accountable for them?
To answer your question, and to answer the question of “gaming” as well, it’s an issue to authority, i.e. to whom do you look, for the authority to do those things that you would do? ...because that’s the authority you will render to.
My flesh totally dislikes these wastelands of worldly consensus called “forums.” My presence here is not by choice. And so when I walk by faith and not by sight, the burden is not mine to carry. If I am here at the Lord’s direction, then he will work out whatever it is that he has planned via my presence here, and he will protect me as I act in his will. Otherwise, it’s all self-will stuff and you will pay dearly for acting on that.
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. I can
think about being at Japan; I can
think about hugging my children; I can
think about making breakfast. I cannot do all three things at once, but I can surely
think about doing all three. Thus the battlefield is the mind; there is a battle raging for your mind; any physical result of my thought life is after the fact of what my
mind would endeavor to do.
The medium itself is wicked. It’s why we are warned repeatedly about images in The Holy Bible. The enemy is fully aware of the power of images and uses it to his full advantage.
You play video games, brought to you by the same folks, the same spirit, behind Pokemon.
There use to be a Christian theater near me but their heater broke and they closed the doors. They had a hard time finding Christian movies every year.
Of course. Hollywood is wood from the Holly tree that is still used to make the traditional magic wands of witches. Justifiying the sifting through of filth in search of a grain of supposed goodness is not what God has in mind for his people.
There are also Christian bookstores that have closed their doors near me which I liked going to.
Our walk is not to be about what "I liked going to." Just like the oxymoronic “Christian fiction.” Why expose yourself to the vain imaginations of men when we can have the sure word of the Lord?
It is pretty bad that we don't have a Christian television station, Christian Hollywood, etc.
I’m sure you’re unaware of the origin of tell-a-vision, and of why it’s called programming. The medium itself is wicked, let alone the message -- inducing states of hypnosis and suggestability. Subliminals are standard fare. ”I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes.” “Be ye holy as [he] is holy.”
When I went to college, I had to sit outside in the cold winter on top of snow and ice to have a Bible study because all the religion majors didn't care about Bible study. Where do you put your money to adorn the doctrine of God and where in society is it adorned? There aren't any.
You said it: you certainly shouldn't “put your money” into the world’s video games. Let your Godly light shine (
if you have one).
Here is what I see. I see morbidity when we as Christians tell everyone what we are against instead of what we are for. There is a book called "Spiritual Depression" by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and it is really a book on justification by faith.
There’s no “justification by faith” with video games. Just blind programming, worldly power grabbing.
What you are telling the world is that you can't enjoy life because everything is evil so they don't want to be a part of your life because it is morbid and you can't persuade people to be a Christian because their life has to be torturous and morbid too.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Jesus said to go into all the world and preach the gospel. Jesus didn't say to hide away in a monastery so you wouldn't sin because people need the gospel.
He didn’t say ‘play worldly power stroking demonically themed video games.’
Jesus said to love one another and when we fail to love people where they are at, love is no longer a verb.
There’s no love in any video game; Jesus Christ is nowhere to be found.
One of the things I did was throw away all my worldly music and then when I went to college, I couldn't even tell the professor all of the reasons why it was wrong so doing things your way are not always best and they are counter-productive.
Forget your “professor;” rather look to your Confessor, Jesus Christ. His ways, not mine, not Nintendo’s.
The mission is to preach the gospel and not limit yourself from that obedience.
Remember that the next time you're tempted to power up your video games.
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so I'm not going to track you down