What if Jesus Were on Facebook?

(Conclusion)

There's another part of this even beyond the fact that God is watching me on Facebook, and that is that other people are watching me. Why does this matter? It matters because what they see on my Facebook site affects what they think about me, the church, and Christianity. What if I have my "religious preference" listed as "church of Christ" and then have pictures posted of me at a nightclub, or dancing, or at the beach immodestly dressed, or with an alcoholic beverage? Or what if my status update has the lyrics to the latest Lady Gaga song? Or maybe I'm venting and running someone else down with a generally ugly demeanor? We could give dozens of examples, but the question is, "What effect is it going to have on my non-Christian friend who looks at my site?" He might say to himself, "I do better than that, and I don't even pretend to be a Christian!" Or he might just think, "What a hypocrite!"

Once again use your imagination. Imagine that you are surfing Facebook, and you see that Jesus has His own site. You are excited; so you send him a friend request. Would He accept it? Most of us when we receive a friend request have some sort of criteria before we indiscriminately accept someone as our friend. We want to know if we know the person. We glance at his information, his friend list, where he lives, etc. But what about Jesus? Does He have criteria for friend requests? Sure he does! He said, "You are my friends if you do whatever I command you" (John 15:14). Therefore, to be a friend of Jesus, you have to obey Him. In light of this, Christian friend, ask yourself, "Would Jesus accept my friend request?" Before you answer the question, consider your faithfulness in attending worship, your Bible study habits, your efforts to teach others, your giving, the way you treat other people, etc. Now, with your answers in mind, "Would Jesus accept your friend request?"