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Uses of Social Media
2 Thessalonians 3:13-18 says, “13But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. 14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 16Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. 17The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. 18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”
According to Perry Stone’s Commentary on the New Testament, 2 Thessalonians was written by the Apostle Paul in response to a letter written not long after a false teacher had written a letter to the church of Thessalonica, forging Paul’s name. This unknown author had claimed to have changed his mind concerning certain doctrines expressed in 1 Thessalonians, and that the day of the LORD was near. In other words, Paul was hacked, and he was doing everything he could do to correct this false teacher’s agenda!
In today’s culture, we must be careful how we use social media because once it is out in the open, it cannot be erased from people’s memory, even though it may be deleted. Here are some of the right and wrong uses for social media:
Right Uses of Social Media
1) To encourage by sharing the gospel.
2) To have a greater connection with friends and family.
3) To freely express who you are.
1) To encourage by sharing the gospel.
2) To have a greater connection with friends and family.
3) To freely express who you are.
4) To use as a business tool for basically free or cheap advertisement.
Wrong Uses of Social Media
1) To pass the time out of boredom, spending hours scrolling through a newsfeed.
2) To argue and start debates.
3) To search through or post provocative pictures.
4) To initiate unhealthy conversations.
5) To find stories or links based fully in tearing down others.
1) To pass the time out of boredom, spending hours scrolling through a newsfeed.
2) To argue and start debates.
3) To search through or post provocative pictures.
4) To initiate unhealthy conversations.
5) To find stories or links based fully in tearing down others.
6) To make tweets or posts due to an immediate emotional response. Do not allow your emotions to be hijacked and posted for all of the world to see because once they see it you can delete it, but you cannot change what you did!
John Piper said through Twitter, “One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time”. We must be careful not to allow social media to distract us, pulling us away from our devotion to and relationship with Christ. Also, do not let a social media/phone addiction disable you to be able to effectively engage in conversations with people from a day-to-day basis. We must be able to learn to communicate rather than be trapped in the fear of what others may think of us!