Known as the apostle of love, John wrote: “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:16-18).
What if we were to exchange “the world’s goods” for “social media influence.” Whether you have a little bit of influence or a lot of influence, every Christian on social media has influence.
Needless to say, you can either use your influence for good when you have an opportunity to do so, or you can neglect to use your influence for good when you have an opportunity to do so. There’s no in between.
John made it undeniably clear: “We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” If we are required to do the greater—laying down our lives for the brothers—how much more are we required to do the lesser—help our persecuted brothers and sisters by creating awareness for a Bible fundraiser. One share doesn’t cost you anything.
The Christian Experiment is about one simple share on behalf of your persecuted brothers and sisters. That’s it. Whether you’re a Christian, church, ministry, Christian organization, or Christian media outlet, can you come up with a legitimate reason to not use your social media influence for the good of your persecuted brothers and sisters?
Notice that John wrote: “And sees his brother in need.” It’s singular. If your share were to result in the distribution of just one Bible to one of your persecuted brothers or sisters, John makes a divine case for doing so. Whatever your preferences, policies, or procedures are, can they stand against the ought of “laying down our lives for the brothers”?
No matter what your reasoning may be to not use your God-given influence for the good of your persecuted brothers and sisters, John’s words are unmistakably plain and clear.
So, here’s the ultimate question of The Christian Experiment: as a Christian, church, ministry, Christian organization, or Christian media outlet, will you use your God-given influence in order to create awareness for a Bible fundraiser for your persecuted brothers and sisters? If not, why not? Don’t you want to help distribute God’s word?
Without question, if you were a persecuted Christian in need of a Bible, you would want you to help distribute Bibles to the persecuted church. Your action or lack of action will either prove your love to be “in word or talk” or “in deed and in truth.”
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