God’s Facebook - Daily Thoughts about God

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end shall come.” Matthew 24:14

If they all lived together within one contiguous border, it would be the world’s third largest nation, with a population of nearly a half billion people. It all started when a Harvard undergraduate student developed the ability for Ivy League students to keep tabs on one another. Microsoft made computers easy for people to use. Google helps us search out data. U-Tube keeps us entertained, but Facebook adds the ability for social networking.

Hardly a place on earth doesn’t claim people who e-mail one another and browse the Internet and nearly one in four have a Facebook page, which provides electronic face to face networking. I even get Facebook postings on my cell phone. Facebook has changed our social DNA and represents a significant cultural shift. The fastest growing demographic is among people older than thirty four years of age.

Posting news or opinions on a Facebook page can spread gossip faster than anything. I found out when someone contacted me through their Facebook and asked my opinion on a political matter. Not thinking of the public notice aspect of posting on someone’s page, I answered with my opinion on a political race and within hours received the political wrath from those who disagreed with my stand. I quickly realized that a personal answer to a personal question isn’t necessarily personal. I guess I have a lot to learn about social networking.

I couldn’t help but think about social media like Facebook could revolutionize evangelism and spread of the Gospel. Perhaps it is an indication of the coming of end times. Jesus said in Matthew. “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end shall come.”

Could this prophesy be electronically fulfilled in cyberspace? I am not sure, but one thing I am sure of is that social networking can be used for Christian networking, expanse of the kingdom and an incredible medium for spread the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Want to be a foreign missionary? Well you can and not have to leave the comfort of your home. Just electronically outreach with God’s Word to Facebook around the world. What a way to fulfill the great commission!

By John Grant
John Grant is a former Florida State Senator and is a practicing attorney