Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should
boast.
I find it quite funny these days when people use Social
Media to promote Christ and the Word of God. A lot of these people are the same
folk who smoke, drink, lie, cheat and anything else you can name, but in the
name of the Lord, they promote Him?
Yeah, that used to be my mode of operation but then I
realized, shoving the bible down people’s throat is a turn-off not a turn-to
way of operating. Now if you have a plethora of Christian friends and you post
a bible verse that is touching you that day that you want to share, your
friends high five in agreement. But suppose you’re just a casual believer along
with many of your friends? Will the Word of God be accepted the same way?
Sure they’ll like it, sure they’ll read it, sometimes laugh
with you about it, but then the next day your so-called Christian actions prove
you to be a believer not an active participant. That’s acceptable because it is
the path you choose. It is okay for you, not ME.
When a Jehovah’s Witness knocks on your door, do you like
the intrusion? How about when you’re unloading groceries from your shopping
cart? How about if a man is standing on the street corner belting out Bible
verses telling you to become a born again Christian because the end is near? I
think facebook and twitter have become that form of platform for spreading the
Word.
I see more and more people using the word of God for an
agenda. Using God? That rolls over well doesn’t it? Since God knows all and
sees all, maybe He’ll see you posting and trying to bring people closer to Him,
maybe that will earn you brownie points with God.
James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so
faith without works is dead also.
I laugh because very early on I learned you CANNOT
earn your way into heaven! The show you put on for others is for you and you
alone so you look good and righteous-like. It’s a total turn-off to me and saddens
me to see people using God like an old bath towel; tossing Him around here and
there but never really utilizing His word and works in your life.
When I used to post bible verses, I chose them from my
morning bible reading that touched me and I thought maybe my fellow Christian
friends would be touched also. To choose the lesser of two evils (figure of
speech?) I would post biblical memes that meant nothing to anyone in particular
but I was bombarding the walls thinking it was the right thing to do. In
hindsight I see that it touched only me and that only I knew what they meant,
to ME.
The show is over. I will not give up on God and I will not
sugarcoat the Word but I will also not use God for an agenda, I use the Word to
set my moral compass by and hope that in a dry stale world people will actually
seek out all this ‘jargon’ that people are talking about.
I will not rely on the media, social networks, or the
so-called Christians to fool me into something. That’s what it feels like,
they’re trying to fool me and turn me AWAY from God instead of into His arms. I
have fallen off the ‘hey-look-at-me-I’m-a-Christian’ wagon. I now turn to the
regularly scheduled program, the BIBLE!
Pss. 1: 1-6 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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