What if Jesus Saw Your Facebook - By Aaron "the Levite"
What if Jesus saw your Facebook...
This message is for all you believers on Facebook and anyone else who professes to be a Christian. I say these things with the utmost sincerity and love to all you people.
So take a look at everything you have on your profile, and ask yourself that question. What if He did? What if Jesus were to look at your profile? What would He find? Would He be shocked? Outraged? Pleased? Would He be glorified through it?
The truth is, Jesus Christ would be utterly appalled at the worldliness and carnality of the pages of so many people here in Facebook that claim to know and love Him. And you know what? He is. He has already seen your profile; in fact, He knows everything you've ever done since you were born, and everything you will do until you die. He's seen every sin done in secret, and knows exactly where you stand with Him.
Again, I say these things not to condemn you, but because I love you and know God loves you and wants you to get right with Him. He wants you to love, serve, and obey Him, and give Him all the glory.
So take a moment to let the light of Christ shine on your Facebook to expose every evil thing.
1. FILTHY LANGUAGE
Ephesians 4:29: "Let not any filthy word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect of need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing."
Does any filthy language come out of your mouth (or your keyboard for that matter)?
The 3rd commandment is, "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain."
Do you disregard God or Jesus Christ's name so much that you would bring it down to the level of a filth word to express disgust? The Bible makes it clear this is a SERIOUS sin. Every time you do this you show your lack of respect and fear to the very God who gave you life.
2. CLOTHING
Romans 12:2 says that you shouldn't be conformed to this world. Do you try to be like the world or like Christ? Look at all the pictures you post, especially you, ladies. 1 Timothy 2:9 says that women should dress MODESTLY. Just because every other girl dresses with short skirts and skimpy outfits showing a lot of cleavage doesn't mean you should too. As Christians we are called to be different, set apart, HOLY. And in Romans 14 it says that if we cause someone else to stumble, we have sinned. Think of all the people you have caused to fall into sin. And not just non-believers, I'm talking about CHRISTIANS as well. Do you get picture comments like "You're hot!" or worse? Well, congratulations--you've caused someone to lust after you. Jesus said that if you look with lust, you've committed adultery in your heart, and the Bible makes it clear that no adulterers will enter heaven. Does it concern you that you might have caused someone to slide further into hell because of your lack of discretion?
Furthermore, the Bible makes it clear we should be giving God ALONE all the glory. People should be able to look at us and see Jesus. When you show a lot of skin, or when you adorn yourself with much jewelry, or flashy and fancy clothing, who are you showing off, Christ or yourself? Something to think about.
3. DRINKING
Or what about drinking? The Bible says that all things (that are not sin) are lawful, but not all things are helpful (1 Cor. 6:12). The Bible doesn't condemn drinking, just drunkenness. But again, if you use the liberty you have in Christ to cause someone to stumble, you have sinned. Think about how pictures with you holding beer cans have DAMAGED your testimony as a Christian, and have caused others to sin. You claim to be a Christian. People are looking at you, looking up to you, examining your every move. You're giving non-believers an excuse to keep living the way they do. They're going to look at you and say, "Christians act like that?" Drunkards are going to use you as an excuse to remain drunkards, and others will be turned off from Jesus because of your attitude. Don't give them a cause to blaspheme the name of Christ, or to use your poor choices to try to justify their own sinfulness.
4. LOVE OF MONEY
Matthew 6:24 says that you can't serve both God and money. You will either "hate the one and love the other," or "hold to the one and despise the other." Do you love money? Do you desire riches? Jesus told us not to lay up for ourselves treasures on earth, but in heaven (Matt 6:19-20).
James 4:4: "Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
Anything else that is against the Bible or trying to imitate the world is wrong, and you need to get rid of it from your profile. Violence, vanity, theft, pride, selfishness, arrogance, sexual depravity, filthiness, etc. If you care enough about God and others, you will heed to His words.
Now please take what you just learned and apply it not only to your Facebook, but to your personal life as well. If you have truly been saved, born again, redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus on the cross, you know that God is always there, beholding all the good and evil you do. Were not perfect, and we sometimes fall to sin, but we do have to aim for perfection. We have the Holy Spirit guiding us, and every day making us more holy. So we are left without an excuse.
So whenever your tempted to act like the world, remember that Jesus is there watching you. Whenever you're watching a TV show or movie that contains violence, blood and gore, nudity, sex, homosexuality, witchcraft, horror, or any other form of wickedness, remember that Jesus is right there with you. Whenever you want to listen to secular music that doesn't bring Him any glory, Hes there listening to it with you. Think about it--you love to watch and listen to these things because they're entertaining. But they're not glorifying God, and they are actually harming you. They're not bringing you closer to your Creator, they're taking your mind away from Him, and they inject demonic filth into your mind. It's like eating poison.
Psalm 101:3 says, "I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me."
And Philippians 4:8 says, "Finally, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think on these things."
There you have it, clear commands from the Lord. Do not waste your time with this nonsense; fill your mind with what is good, and pure, and holy. The closer you get to the Lord--the more you fall in love with Him, the more joy you have in Him--the less entertainment you will need. And the only way to do this is by reading the Word, obeying Him, and seeking Him in prayer. We need to live radical, holy lives for Christ.
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light."
Ephesians 5:11-13
You have been called to be like Christ. If everything I said just sounded completely whack to you and you have no intention of changing, you have to examine your own salvation, because it is VERY likely that you are not saved. Please go to www.ExamineYourself.com . This is so important, your eternal salvation is at stake. God doesn't want you to go to hell, and neither do I.
"If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth." 1 John 1:6
"Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world." 1 John 2:15-16
May the God of peace be with you all, and change you daily into holy men and women for Him. God bless you and keep you.
So take a look at everything you have on your profile, and ask yourself that question. What if He did? What if Jesus were to look at your profile? What would He find? Would He be shocked? Outraged? Pleased? Would He be glorified through it?
The truth is, Jesus Christ would be utterly appalled at the worldliness and carnality of the pages of so many people here in Facebook that claim to know and love Him. And you know what? He is. He has already seen your profile; in fact, He knows everything you've ever done since you were born, and everything you will do until you die. He's seen every sin done in secret, and knows exactly where you stand with Him.
Again, I say these things not to condemn you, but because I love you and know God loves you and wants you to get right with Him. He wants you to love, serve, and obey Him, and give Him all the glory.
So take a moment to let the light of Christ shine on your Facebook to expose every evil thing.
1. FILTHY LANGUAGE
Ephesians 4:29: "Let not any filthy word go out of your mouth, but if any is good to building up in respect of need, that it may give grace to the ones hearing."
Does any filthy language come out of your mouth (or your keyboard for that matter)?
The 3rd commandment is, "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain."
Do you disregard God or Jesus Christ's name so much that you would bring it down to the level of a filth word to express disgust? The Bible makes it clear this is a SERIOUS sin. Every time you do this you show your lack of respect and fear to the very God who gave you life.
2. CLOTHING
Romans 12:2 says that you shouldn't be conformed to this world. Do you try to be like the world or like Christ? Look at all the pictures you post, especially you, ladies. 1 Timothy 2:9 says that women should dress MODESTLY. Just because every other girl dresses with short skirts and skimpy outfits showing a lot of cleavage doesn't mean you should too. As Christians we are called to be different, set apart, HOLY. And in Romans 14 it says that if we cause someone else to stumble, we have sinned. Think of all the people you have caused to fall into sin. And not just non-believers, I'm talking about CHRISTIANS as well. Do you get picture comments like "You're hot!" or worse? Well, congratulations--you've caused someone to lust after you. Jesus said that if you look with lust, you've committed adultery in your heart, and the Bible makes it clear that no adulterers will enter heaven. Does it concern you that you might have caused someone to slide further into hell because of your lack of discretion?
Furthermore, the Bible makes it clear we should be giving God ALONE all the glory. People should be able to look at us and see Jesus. When you show a lot of skin, or when you adorn yourself with much jewelry, or flashy and fancy clothing, who are you showing off, Christ or yourself? Something to think about.
3. DRINKING
Or what about drinking? The Bible says that all things (that are not sin) are lawful, but not all things are helpful (1 Cor. 6:12). The Bible doesn't condemn drinking, just drunkenness. But again, if you use the liberty you have in Christ to cause someone to stumble, you have sinned. Think about how pictures with you holding beer cans have DAMAGED your testimony as a Christian, and have caused others to sin. You claim to be a Christian. People are looking at you, looking up to you, examining your every move. You're giving non-believers an excuse to keep living the way they do. They're going to look at you and say, "Christians act like that?" Drunkards are going to use you as an excuse to remain drunkards, and others will be turned off from Jesus because of your attitude. Don't give them a cause to blaspheme the name of Christ, or to use your poor choices to try to justify their own sinfulness.
4. LOVE OF MONEY
Matthew 6:24 says that you can't serve both God and money. You will either "hate the one and love the other," or "hold to the one and despise the other." Do you love money? Do you desire riches? Jesus told us not to lay up for ourselves treasures on earth, but in heaven (Matt 6:19-20).
James 4:4: "Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
Anything else that is against the Bible or trying to imitate the world is wrong, and you need to get rid of it from your profile. Violence, vanity, theft, pride, selfishness, arrogance, sexual depravity, filthiness, etc. If you care enough about God and others, you will heed to His words.
Now please take what you just learned and apply it not only to your Facebook, but to your personal life as well. If you have truly been saved, born again, redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus on the cross, you know that God is always there, beholding all the good and evil you do. Were not perfect, and we sometimes fall to sin, but we do have to aim for perfection. We have the Holy Spirit guiding us, and every day making us more holy. So we are left without an excuse.
So whenever your tempted to act like the world, remember that Jesus is there watching you. Whenever you're watching a TV show or movie that contains violence, blood and gore, nudity, sex, homosexuality, witchcraft, horror, or any other form of wickedness, remember that Jesus is right there with you. Whenever you want to listen to secular music that doesn't bring Him any glory, Hes there listening to it with you. Think about it--you love to watch and listen to these things because they're entertaining. But they're not glorifying God, and they are actually harming you. They're not bringing you closer to your Creator, they're taking your mind away from Him, and they inject demonic filth into your mind. It's like eating poison.
Psalm 101:3 says, "I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me."
And Philippians 4:8 says, "Finally, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think on these things."
There you have it, clear commands from the Lord. Do not waste your time with this nonsense; fill your mind with what is good, and pure, and holy. The closer you get to the Lord--the more you fall in love with Him, the more joy you have in Him--the less entertainment you will need. And the only way to do this is by reading the Word, obeying Him, and seeking Him in prayer. We need to live radical, holy lives for Christ.
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light."
Ephesians 5:11-13
You have been called to be like Christ. If everything I said just sounded completely whack to you and you have no intention of changing, you have to examine your own salvation, because it is VERY likely that you are not saved. Please go to www.ExamineYourself.com . This is so important, your eternal salvation is at stake. God doesn't want you to go to hell, and neither do I.
"If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth." 1 John 1:6
"Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world." 1 John 2:15-16
May the God of peace be with you all, and change you daily into holy men and women for Him. God bless you and keep you.