foreverflash's Collection - My New Life

[TheVoidDragon]

Shocked that you would throw everything away because of this, from what i saw you had some very nice stuff.

[v1sav1s]

Flash, you can walk the path of God without having to abandon these gifts he set on his world. As long as you don't let collecting impact the health and happiness of your Grandma and you. Praise Him, pray to Him and his Son, but also use the gifts that God bestowed on you to bring your life around.

There are many Children of God, such as yourself, who play and create video games. As long as we keep Him in our heart and do His biding first and foremost, there is no need to resign yourself to the life of a hermit. Playing games and collecting is one of many tests given to us by God, in order to stay in His Grace you must forge a balance between these hobbies and the rest of your life. He put these things on His world to test your faith, to determine if you can enjoy these splendors without drowning yourself in temptation.

Think about it, brother. God is Eternal, he knows this World and His Children are ever evolving, ever changing. Technology, entertainment, are Gifts from God. To improve our lives and to help connect all His Children spread across His world, He gave us these gifts. If we didn't have the internet and video games, we would still be imprisoned in Lucifer's darkness. But using God's gift only as He intended, we have gathered here together from across His world with a common interest. This would only be possible because of Him.

You and your Grandma will be in my prayers.

[bulkhead72]

FF, thank you again for a great transaction some months ago (you sold me your Halo Reach console). I wish you the best, and I hope you are able to find happiness and peace of mind.

I personally do not believe in god, but if I were to believe, I would hope he would be kind, open minded, and hella cool - basically, all the good that is in life (which includes enjoying the artform that is video games).

[ro4eva]

I apologize for bumping an old thread, but fate would have it that in a time where I'm struggling with my spirituality, that I would click on your "My New Life" signature link.

If you happen to read this sooner or later, and if you don't mind telling me - I'm curious, what was your breaking point?

[comaamen86]

you may be waiting a while he has not logged in in ten months

[foreverflash]

Originally Posted by ro4eva

I apologize for bumping an old thread, but fate would have it that in a time where I'm struggling with my spirituality, that I would click on your "My New Life" signature link.

If you happen to read this sooner or later, and if you don't mind telling me - I'm curious, what was your breaking point?

While cleaning the archives of my email today, I came to a CE.org label, and consequently, I saw "My Collection - A New Life" thread. I am here to tell anyone who is interested that Jesus Christ is still my Savior and Lord today and He has done a tremendous work of transformation in my life for His glory. It was necessary that I withdraw from the world for a time in order for God to sanctify me and prepare me to serve Him. Now, as I have been stepping out into the world again, I am no longer "of" the world, but "in" the world serving the Master of the Universe, the Lord Jesus Christ. As I walk with Him each day, I learn more and more how sinful I am and how Holy and Righteous He is. I am humbled. The more I learn of His holiness, the more I desire it and the more I love Him and others. Currently, I am answering God's call on my life to:

Mark 16:15 "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature..."

And to be a witness for Jesus...

Acts 1:8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Currently, I'm involved with the following evangelistic ministries and will be training in June to do open-air preaching. Praise God! It's so awesome to serve Him in this way! God is so good! That my broken, sinful life can be cleansed and useful to bring glory and honor to God is beyond all comprehension and expression...

http://oacusa.org/

http://www.livingwaters.com/

The local church I attend for Christian fellowship each week is here:

http://plymouthrockbiblechurch.com/


Are you a good person? Will you go to Heaven when you die? Are you prepared to face eternity? The following passages (highlighted in red) are from the Holy Bible. Specifically, the Law, known as the Ten Commandments" is shown first below - it was written to the Jew first and also to the Gentile (which is what most of us are - a gentile is simply anyone of any nationality other than Jewish). The truth is, there is one God (made up in three distinct, coequal and coeternal Persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and this True, Living God has given Mankind this moral Law in writing, but also it is written in every human heart, in the conscience, breaking every language barrier on earth - it is timeless and it it knows no partiality - it is the same Law for every person of every ethnic background. By it all people instinctively know right from wrong. I encourage you to read this. Test yourself. See if you are "good" according to God's Standards:

The Ten Commandments

20 And God spoke all these words, saying:
2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

The People Afraid of God’s Presence

18 Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. 19 Then they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”
20 And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.” 21 So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

I wanted to respond to ro4eva, and tell you (if you are still around), that "spirituality" is not what you need in order to get right with God. Spirituality won't save you when you stand in judgment before your Creator. What you need is righteousness, and that righteousness comes ONLY from Jesus Christ - the Righteous One. Lying, stealing, lusting, hating, coveting, disobedience, lack of love for God and others - all of this (and more) is "sin" - violations of God's moral Law - the Ten Commandments. This makes us all "guilty" before God because who can honestly say that never once in his or her life they've told a lie (even a white lie)? No one. Have you ever wondered why you die? Did you ever realize that 10 out of 10 people die? It is the surest thing in this life. The reason we all die is we all have "sinned". We are born in sin and we incline to do wrong from the moment we are conceived in the womb. God is Just, God is Holy. Sin will be punished wherever it is found, at every level, both at the time God has appointed for the world, and at the time of death for every sinful human being. Guaranteed: you and I will be judged. What hope is there? How shall we escape God's wrath against sin? Therefore, listen to what God says through His Word:

Revelation 21:8 "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

Matthew 5:27-30 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.' But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell."

1 Samuel 15:23a "For rebellion (like disobeying parents) is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry..."

1 John 3:15 "Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."

Hebrews 9:27 "And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,"

Romans 5:12 "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned-"

Psalm 51:5 "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me."

Acts 17:30-31 "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."

We as human being are unjust and unholy. We take the "good gifts" God gives and we pervert them, we are ungrateful, unkind and selfish by nature. Have you heard that all humans are inherently good? This is the greatest lie you have ever been told. As you see from God's moral Laws, we are not inherently good but are inherently evil - from the beginning man chose to disobey God and has been doing so ever since. The Law shows us how sinful we are. The Law cannot save us or help us, it only condemns. Yet God in His great love and mercy has pursued man from the beginning until now in order to save and restore as many people as would repent and believe in Him through Jesus Christ. Yet this "age of grace" will not last forever. Judgment Day will come. The people of Old Testament times had "faith" looking forward to the Messiah's coming. Now, people look back and forward, having "faith" in Jesus and His completed the work of salvation, and looking forward to His Second Coming.

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 "...I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you...by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,"

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

John 3:16-18, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

John 3:35-36 "The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

The Bible says that Jesus (The Word) always existed before His incarnation (taking on the flesh of a human being) and that He is equal with God in every way. It even says that through Jesus God made everything that is visible and invisible. So Jesus is the Creator. Jesus is God and it is important for you to understand this - it is because He is God that His sacrifice for sins on the Cross was acceptable to God and possible -it is because He is God that His blood can atone for all sin for all time - it is because He is God that He was able to rise from the dead. Listen to the beginning of John's Gospel and learn about Jesus, the Word:

The Eternal Word

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend[a] it.

John’s Witness: The True Light

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John (this is speaking of John the Baptist). 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.[b]
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own,[c] and His own[d] did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him (that is JESUS), to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Becomes Flesh

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”
16 And[e] of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son,[f] who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

The Gospel: Jesus, "God in the flesh", fully God and fully man, was born of a virgin (so He wasn't conceived in sin), He grew up and lived a sinless life, kept God's Law perfectly (He never sinned once - in thought, word or deed), He died for your sins and mine and the sins of the whole world, was buried (to put away sin) and rose from the dead after 3 days, defeating sin and death forever (proving His sacrifice was accepting to God in place of sinners)! He offers forgiveness of sins and eternal life to all who repent (repentance is a change of mind which results in a change of behavior) and believe in Him (to trust Him by faith) that His sacrifice was sufficient to pay your debt of sin, and that His shed blood has the power to cleanse your life and bring you to God.

Hebrews 4:7
"TODAY, IF YOU WILL HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS."

Hebrews 2:3
"how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,"

2 Corinthians 6:2
"For He says: 'IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I HAVE HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HAVE HELPED YOU.' Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."

1 Peter 1:23-25
"having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because "ALL FLESH IS AS GRASS, AND ALL THE GLORY OF MAN AS THE FLOWER OF THE GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND ITS FLOWER FALLS AWAY, BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

To anyone who reads this, my prayer, is that the Word of God will cut into your heart and mind and "turn" you from your sin, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to God, in repentance, and to Jesus Christ, the Savior, by faith. I leave you with the searing words of God in hope that your hearts will be softened and God will open your hearts to the idolatry of video game collecting, the evil and wickedness present in the majority of the gaming (and entertainment) industry, and most of all the sin in your own hearts and minds for which you WILL give an account for, in Judgment, before Almighty God. The question is, are you willing to pay the cost for following the Savior, Jesus? The cost is great. You will have to give up your sinful pleasures and many things of the world which you now cling to. You may lose friends, family, career, home - possibly even your life. I can testify, any loss is worth gaining Christ.

Yes, I used to be an avid collector, but now I am a servant of God in Christ. Idolatry - this is what the majority of "collecting" is about. I was an idolater, adulterer, blasphemer, fornicator, liar, thief - and so much more - now I am a true "child" of God, pursing holiness and righteousness in Christ, seeking to love God and love others, learning to be self-less (not selfish) - all the "the praise of the glory of His grace". All glory to God alone.

Not all video games are evil, but the majority are. God is holy - He see's in black and white in regards to morality. If you are "dead in your sins" you can't see this. You must be "born again" by the Spirit of God. Your mind is "blinded" by Satan and sin. There is no "grey area" with God, no "shades of grey". It's either right or wrong, good or evil. You are either for Him or against Him, either His friend or His enemy. God is light, and those that profess to know God will walk in the light as He is in the light. If you profess to believe in God, do you believe in God's Son, Jesus Christ and His saving work at the Cross? If not, you are damned, because even the demons believe in God; and they tremble and yet we know demons are condemned. It is only through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ that your soul is saved from Hell and eternal punishment. Do you tremble before your God? You should. His greatness, His power, His glory is incomprehensible and vast beyond measure. I pray with all my heart, that in reaching out to all of you here at Collector's Edition.org, many will come to repentance and faith in Jesus and find that "New Life" that I found. God bless you.

Romans 14:12 "So then each of us shall give account of himself to God."

Acts 20:21 "testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks (gentiles - anyone of any nationality other than Jewish), repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ."

Romans 1:16-32 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (which is "Gentile" - the Apostle means "anyone other than the Jew" which is a reference to all peoples and nations outside of Israel). For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice such things."

If you have read this far, I congratulate you. God is obviously working in your life to reconcile you to Himself; to save you through His Son Jesus. If you see from the above Scriptures that you are sinful (and you understand what sin is - gross violations of God's moral Law - not just of the hand but of the heart too) - then I encourage you to repent. Call upon God, in Jesus' name, confessing your sins (name them) and asking Him for the help to forsake them. Ask Him to forgive you and cleanse you. He will. God is rich in mercy to all who call upon Him. If you truly repent and believe the gospel, YOU WILL BE SAVED! God will grant you the gift of everlasting life, and your sins will be forgiven. You will no longer stand condemned before God. You can walk in newness of life, loving God and people, living to please God. Your "relationship" to God (not your religion) will be reconciled. God isn't interested in religion, but your heart he wants.

Make Psalm 51 your prayer. Get a good Bible (in English, look for New King James Version or the classic King James Bible) - read your Bible daily, and obey the principles and truths God reveals to you. Pray daily. In prayer you talk to God, and God talks to you by His written Word in the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit will guide and lead you. Find a Bible-believing church and commit yourself to fellowship there. Serve God by sharing your faith in Jesus as often as the opportunity should arise.

A Prayer of Repentance

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil in Your sight—
That You may be found just when You speak,[a]
And blameless when You judge.

5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.


The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

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[comaamen86]

[comaamen86]

But if it makes you happy peace to ya

[comaamen86]

Wish I could fornicate , can't find anyone even though I listed it in want thread

I'm with you on Nintendo games are evil though

[foreverflash]

Originally Posted by comaamen86

Wish I could fornicate , can't find anyone even though I listed it in want thread

I'm with you on Nintendo games are evil though

I assume you did not take the time to read all of what I just wrote. That's ok. It is Your choice. Just remember friend, it is not me you are ignoring or rejecting, but God. His desire is to forgive you and save you.

Hebrews 4:7
"TODAY, IF YOU WILL HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS."

Hebrews 2:3
"how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,"

2 Corinthians 6:2
"For He says: 'IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I HAVE HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HAVE HELPED YOU.' Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."

1 Peter 1:23-25
"having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because "ALL FLESH IS AS GRASS, AND ALL THE GLORY OF MAN AS THE FLOWER OF THE GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND ITS FLOWER FALLS AWAY, BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.