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Jesus Lives One For All & All For One
Is it possible to combine a love for gaming with an unquenchable passion of serving the LORD? Noticing the name calling, profanity and bad sportsmanship among other things that displeace God in a majority of existing gaming teams, this is an obvious question for most. But we believe it is possible. How you ask? Just like it is possible at a workplace, at school or anywhere else - Keeping Christ at the center of it all, being Christ-like in all we do, walking the talk and living out your faith wherever you go.
One For All: Christ died for all of us: Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! [Romans 5:7-9]
Jesus defeated death: For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. [Romans 6:9]
And now our mission on earth is clear: So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. [1 Corinthians 10:31]
Here then, is our mission:
After writing all this, it felt like I gave the impression that we are to do this all and live righteously in our own strength, in our own power. But no - God sent us the Holy Spirit to help us out during our time here on Earth, and that is exactly what the Spirit does. So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. [Galatians 5:16-23]
God did also give us some promises:
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears uswhatever we askwe know that we have what we asked of him. [1 John 5:14-15]
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. [Rom 8:28]
I[We] can do all things through Him who strengthens me. [Phil 4:13]
And last but not least, ...If God is for us, who can be against us? [Rom 8:31]
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