We are in a digital age
where connecting virtually has become easier, a fashion,
a priority and the inevitable. Have you noticed almost everyone has at
least one channel or a preacher who they follow and does a promotion on
behalf of the channel? You send a link to the least common person and he
is ready to send you back with two links of someone on earth who is there on
the air already and who is desperately waiting for a follow from you.
The speaker in the YouTube,
social media or a blog desperately wants a follower base and by the end of the
video or a blog ensures he catches your attention by borrowing and begging your
attention to like him/her and share his video link. If you carefully notice people
are conceited with a false sense of satisfaction, I mean the one who is an
ardent follower and the one who is begging to increase his followers’ group.
Well, you may say Paul asked his
people to follow him. Yes, you are right, but if you carefully notice it says, "Imitate
me, as I also imitate Christ.". 1 Corinthians 11:1. Paul was
worth imitating because the likeness of Christ and the gospel was revealed in
him and moreover it demanded the followers to actively engage in the Mission of
Christ unlike today who in social media and YouTube who are promoting
self, and in most cases literally has nothing to do with you. Each day he is
excited to see his likes and followers shooting up and that means it fetches
him some good money. It may sound crude, and you may want to discontinue
reading, that's ok, but I thought it is good to strip the deception than people partaking in it.
Everything is sadly connected
with money and maintains a superficial and an uncommitted relationship. And God
had to break it to an extent, that everything has come to a halt. But the
big guy and one in social media is not ready to leave you to a larger extent,
because it can mean loss of his business. And all are ready to virtually keep
you stay connected with that person. Please don't be deceived. Such people will
not go to heaven and neither allow you to go to heaven. Follow this verse, “Woe
to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn’t
go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were trying to go in.” Luke
11:52 CSB.
What's my point? I
am not against online Churches but the mere fact that it handicaps a
person to just be there connected without engaging in the grandeur Mission of
great commission is treacherous. Many people are
satisfied by giving some money for Mission work and escaping from their
responsibility. And sadly, many spiritual giants on TV
and YouTube are also wanting them to be so as long as they benefit. Disastrous!
There are more followers of the
big guys in media than followers of Christ. How do we escape the deception? Where
are the big healing campaigners in this Corona pandemic? Hiding in their houses
for personal safety! Where are the Christian giants who were making a big show
to drive the demons and published who they are in media? Please don't be
conceited with the false teachings and teachers. You have the anointing already
(1 John 2:27) and a helper and a comforter too (John 14:16). Share
the gospel and make disciple by all means and support who honestly are also engaging in the same.
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