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Are you keeping the TEN COMMANDMENTS While Gaming?

 

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Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.” Now we are getting into the nitty gritty. We are getting into the meat of the subject. How many of us gamers avoid killing within video games? How many of us murder one another inside games? Remember God does not accept a difference between thinking about doing something, and actually doing it. In God's standard if you think about it, you are guilty of doing it. So what do you think about when you are shooting someone in the head in a first person shooter? Are you thinking how much you care about that person and want them to have blessings and a prosperous life? Or are you thinking you are going to kill them? If you are killing inside video games then you have broken this commandment.

Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.” What is adultery? It is having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife. Jesus took that definition even further. Matthew 5:28 “But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.” So if we look at women busting out of their clothing, and bouncing all around with lust in our hearts we are committing adultery. We are breaking this commandment. Plenty of games use women as eye candy. Plenty of games show women as objects of sex for men to look at. Do you stumble in this area of your life? Do you enjoy looking at these women? If so, then you are violating this commandment.

Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.” This seems pretty simple, and pretty straightforward right?
But is it? One of the most notorious game franchises is Grand Theft Auto. Like it sounds you go around stealing. You steal inside this video game a lot. Anyone committing the act of stealing within any video game is breaking this commandment. Again God was clear on this, when we think about doing something we are doing it. Why would anyone with a sane mind want to fantasize about stealing? Don't you know the pain and damage you cause to the person who owns that property? How can you rationalize causing such pain?

Exodus 20:16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” You will probably know this better as: “Do not lie.” In other words tell the truth. Think about it in this legal terminology: “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God.” How many games out there have us participate in lies? The game designers and developers do not see the truth as dramatic, or as funny. By doing so they are having us participate in the breaking of this commandment.

Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” What is coveting? It is wanting something that someone else has. What scares me most about our industry is how much coveting goes on. Someone wants a game, or a character, or certain DLC, or skills. It goes on and on. Sometimes I think one of the foundations of the video game industry is coveting. The companies try and make us covet the games they have coming out. We play them, and they want us to covet more. Being content with what you have is a mark of maturity. Be happy with what you have.

I know this article has been heavy. The Holy Spirit weighed it upon my heart, and my brain. I faithfully obeyed what I was told to write about. This has been a rough article for me to write. Why? I realized something very important while writing this – I am not always keeping the Ten Commandments while I play video games. It is something I need to work on in my life. I hope you found this article helpful, interesting, thought provoking, and useful. It is my personal hope and prayer that this article will be used to open eyes, and change hearts.


God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming

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