Yes you do but only if YOU want to. . the way your post read was that God would just step in and change desires. .
So your saying that you take the sovereignty of God out of the pictures to say you did a 50/50 reach with Jesus? Have you forgotten Ephesians? He planned us before the foundations of the earth.(Eph 1:3-14) You should re-read John 3:16 but with context John 3:16-21 and also you should read Ezekiel 36:26. If God didn't change a mans heart, apart from Christ, we as man are dead in our trespasses(Eph 2:1-10)<-- This means we are unable to do anything good apart from the Lords will (John 15:1-11) *But where my focus is, is on verse 5*
That's like saying "How many guys does it take to change a light bulb?" "Just one but that light bulb has to want to change first."
Is this the way you guys light up your kitchen? Wait for the light bulb to want to change? I think not. (Matthew 5:14-16)
We can't change ourselves it's Christ that makes the change in us.
Perhaps yall don't know that God not only "Called" His creations He also "Elected" them whom He chose. That's another subject perhaps to look into....
(On the sims topic)
The game itself has posed multiple issues with plenty. It involves investment of time, investment of time means investment of currency and when the currency is eternal.... where are you spending your time? Why try to simulate your own selfish image as a god over pixels, to pretend and to play this game, we choose to ignore that we waste time, witnessing to REAL people about what HIS WORD is all about. Not saying that we should spend every moment of our life driving the bible down peoples throats, BUT to LIVE not by bread alone, but by the bread of life *Jesus*, This involves wielding the sword of the spirit, which is the word :3 LEVEL UP (DING!) (SaintMorleyDK is now level 0.0000000001) @_@
(Eph 11-13) The problem I have found with this game is that if there is sin in the sim game, it's included by the makers of the game. Whom I will add are probably not all Christian.... To use sin as the temptation through this game (Generates profit for temporal greed), even if your character does all good works, you will not meet your emotionally linked sim in heaven. (Emotionally charging you for real hurts) If only to endorse and support this kind of industry that feeds the families of mostly And it most certainly wont get a "Well done good and faithful servant" because your sim lived a good/bad life... in fact your empty glass of water appears to have disappeared before you are ready to pause your sim game long enough to get another drink. but....doesn't that also parallel how carnally we only want Jesus on our own time? But must I also remind of Him being the living water? Why stop at just a glass of water, when you can get a pizza pop in the microwave.... might I also remind you He is the bread of life? (I'm pretty sure I covered this)
Not saying the game is bad, is saying the game is good, if playing this game is good, then what is the glory of God and the fruits of the spirit that come from it? What do you pray to God? "God.... please help my sim to achieve a good job that pays for a gigantic mansion and raise his intelligence and strength plenty" because... this will not do us any good if I haven't made a point clear.... why not tell God of your "achievements" in Sims "God you have given me great joy for playing with a rock
" [Metals, meaning probably your computer, keyboard, mouse, monitor and headphones] (1 Cor 10:23)
I'm at a point where I don't want to play games because I don't want to waste anymore time. There are some that do witness of Christ through microphones over multiplayer games.
