I have an old high school friend who tells me every now and then that I need to slow down my religious posts on Facebook. He’s concerned that I’m coming on too strong. In fact he recently described what I’m doing on Facebook as “Facebook pulpit overdrive.” I appreciate his comments and his concerns, but I don’t see myself backing off any time soon.
It doesn’t bother me that my posts about Jesus are described as being in overdrive. Acts 17:4-6 states that Paul and Silas were in Thessalonica and they were accused of turning the world upside down. How God is using me is nowhere close to turning the world upside down, but my hope and prayer is that He is using me to point people to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. That He is using me to help further His kingdom.
As Christians we are supposed to stand out (Titus 2:6-8). We are supposed to be different (1 Corinthians 2:12-13). Maybe you don’t have to talk about Jesus all the time, but do you talk about Him at all? Do you have any unsaved friends that are your friends on Facebook and Twitter? Do they know you are a Christian by what you say? What about the people that see you in person, do they know that you are Christian? By your words as well as your actions? (Ephesians 6:19-20).
I grew up going to church and I said the sinner’s prayer when I was 11 years old. I cried real tears and I meant what I said, but I had a cheap understanding of grace. I mistakenly thought that since I’d said the prayer that I had a “get out of Hell free card.” That I could live my life anyway that I wanted to and that I would still go to Heaven because I’d said the prayer. I thought I could live my life selfishly and still be alright (so that’s what I did for 33 years).
I didn’t understand lordship. I didn’t understand about dying to myself daily and picking up my cross and following Jesus (Matthew 16:24-25). I didn’t understand that I could not call myself a Christian and continue living for myself in the flesh – drinking too much, being full of rage and lusting all the time. I didn’t understand that God wanted all of me. That He wanted me to walk after the Spirit and no longer after flesh (2 Corinthians 5:17).
But thankfully God reached down and opened my blind spiritual eyes five years ago while reading the Bible. While reading His Holy Word, He convicted me that I wasn’t truly saved. Even though I’d mumbled a few words when I was younger, my heart was far from Him (Isaiah 29:13). Oh, I’m so grateful that God revealed to me through the verses of Romans 8:1-4 that I had lived my life selfishly and only for myself all those years instead of following my Master. I cried out immediately for God to save me and I’m grateful that He did!
It’s out of my love for God that I talk about Jesus so much. Jesus suffered horribly and then died on the cross for guilty sinners who put their trust in Him. There’s nothing more important than this. Jesus paid such a heavy price for me and I can never speak too much or too often about the love of my life. So Facebook pulpit overdrive? You can count on it! If you are an unbeliever reading this post, please turn away from your sins and put your faith in Jesus. Trust Him to save you; not your own good works. Repent and believe the Gospel (Mark 1:15).