Very recently I have been introduced to Facebook. I had little desire in the beginning to pursue this phenomena. In fact, I went so far as to delete it several times, thinking that it was mostly silliness that was occurring on it's pages. Then one day I became curious, asking myself the question, "is there anything of depth for believers on this new form of communication." So I typed in the words "Christian facebook" into the address line and was pleasantly surprised to find that there is much going on in this arena.
I found a site that had over 2 million facebook visitors. There were strong believers and new believers. There was superficiality, but I found that if we brought up subjects of depth, there were those who desired good strong discussion in the deeper things of the Word of God. AND, we could become friends with those who wanted to continue a Christian relationship in the Word, we could do that one on one with individual personal sites.
The wonderful thing that I discovered was that facebook could become a witnessing tool. There were those on the site that were not believers, that we could share the Gospel with.
The question was asked by a couple of older more seasoned believers, "I wonder how many of these over 2 million Christians are really saved." That was my question too. It became evident that many were not, and do not understand the Gospel message in truth, they have been raised on a superficial gospel of good works and positive statements. That gave me an excitement for this medium as being God's way of getting the Gospel out to those who have searched out this site and desire something they are missing, but don't know what it is.
I had the privilege of dialogue with a practicing Muslim, an atheist, a liberal Christian and a professed Nazi. I was able to give God's Word and other believers would join in and support what I said. I would also do that same for them. Oh!!! how wonderful it is to tell the truth and have others agree and add to what we have said. This is what a true family looks like. Each personality allowed to be who they are without recrimination only love and concern for another persons salvation and well being.
We can now be missionaries right from our own homes as we speak the Word to the unsaved through the internet. We can also use these sites to encourage the lonely believers who are finding it difficult to engage in spiritual conversation in their own homes or towns. The most exciting discussions are with those who take seriously the scripture that says "iron sharpens iron." Most believers who discuss the Word these days fight to win their point of view, not to discuss for the purpose of coming to a common agreement, based on the Word of God. We need to lay aside our arrogance, stop fighting to win and begin listening and responding in humility, using the Word of God as our benchmark for our beliefs. We may actually learn something we didn't know and encourage someone else into a closer walk with our Savior.
Blessings,
Gwendolyn
