Sins
of Social Media
By
Nick Bibile
This
is a subject even many pastors will avoid to preach but my heart is burdened to
tell the truth.
The
devil and his demons are constantly busy tempting many people, including Christians are
spending hours and hours daily on Facebook, youtube, Instagram and chat
programs. As a result many Christians have no time to read and study God’s
word, no time for prayer, no time for meditation on God and no time for God’s
service. How can you love the Lord Jesus
if you don’t have time for him?
Mathew
22:37 “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind.’ This is the first
and greatest commandment.
1
Corianthians 16:22 If anyone
does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed!
Today
many Christians are addicted to social media. People are so addicted especially
to Facebook, that they have become slaves to sin in Facebook and not a slave to God. First thing when they wake
up and during the day and before going to bed they check their Facebook page. I know I am telling the truth and, the truth
is going to hurt some of your darling sins, you may not like me, you may hate
me, but how can I not tell the truth when God Almighty sent his Son to declare
us the truth. So my brothers and sisters
don’t allow the Facebook to take control of your
life, one you become strong in the word, you should be able to control Facebook not the other way around.
In 1 Corianthians
6:12 apostle Paul said, “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not
everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be
mastered by anything.
Remember
our life is very short, Psalmist said 90:12 “teach us to number our days”
Because of our days are short on this earth and there is evil all over, apostle
Paul said, we need to be wise and redeem our time. (Ephesians 5:15-16). Do not
allow your worldly friends to influence you.
Psalm
101:3 I will not look with approval
on anything that is vile.
I
hate what faithless people do;
I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me;
I will have nothing to do with what is evil
Also
1
Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
Remember
we are living the end of last days and because of social media and other high
tech devices flooding the markets and everybody is busy with them, there is
greed, porn, gluttony, envy and so many temptations, and it’s going to be
extremely difficult to be a Christian these days, unless you are getting soaked
in the word of God. Jesus said in Luke 9:23 Then he
said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves
and take up their cross daily and follow me.
Do
not allow your flesh to take control in your emotions and feelings, but the
more you get soaked in the word of God and pray, you can crucify those fleshly
desires and deny your flesh, picking up the cross is to suffer, yes, you will
have pain and suffering in your flesh when you give up those darling sins. We
need to remember the warnings of our Lord when it comes to temptations.
Mathew
5:29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to
be thrown into hell.
Use
the social media as a tool to evangelize and bring others to Christ, use it to
the glory of God and not for you.