Video Games, TV, Movies & Music....

Which will help or hinder your walk with God?

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Checklist

Scriptures

Your response

 1. What does it tell you about God?

 John 17:2, Isaiah 55:8 and 65

See also The Names of God and His ways The Creator of all, The Names of God and His ways

 

2. Is there a Christ-like person in the story?

Remember, a counterfeit claim or false suggestion about our Lord is far worse than no such mention. Psalm 50

Don't Be Deceived!

 
3. Is God's holy Word used out of context?

rightly divide Bereans

God's eternal, unchanging Word

See

 
4. What does it teach you about the invisible forces of evil?

Deut 18, Eph 5

Recognize and resist deception:
Evil
Colossians 2:8
 
5. Does it demonstrate faith?  Faith in whom or what?

Heb 11, Jeremiah idols

aintain unshakable trust in God:
1 Samuel 17:37 & Ephesians 6:10-18

Rest in His sufficiency: Philippians 4:6-7

Faith and Confidence

 

6. Might the imagined scenes stir interest in magic or other occult practices?

vile imagination, drawn to 

Temptation

Genesis 8:21

 
7. Do the heroes in the story use magic, divination, sorcery or other forbidden practices?

Deut 18,

Deuteronomy 18:10-12

 

8. What does it tell you about life and death?

die once judgement
Life and death
 
9. What does it tell you about good and evil, right and wrong?

Isa 5:20

Loving evil more than good

 
10. What choice is God prompting you to make?
Stand uncompromisingly firm on God's Word: Romans 12:2
Follow the Shepherd, not self or the world:
 Philippians 2:3-8
God's purpose for us

Sharing His suffering

Abide in Him - our only true and lasting safety: Romans 12:1

Called to be faithful

Joshua as for me and my house

 
Demonstrate His overcoming love to others:
1 Corinthians 13

Be confident that He will bring the victory: Galatians 2:20

Rest in His sufficiency: Philippians 4:6-7

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