Insecure Christianity

As an active member of the Facebook community, I often notice different "groups" that people join. Some of the groups I am in include "I Rick Roll People All Day Like Its My Job" (a true statement), "I Made My Television Debut on 'Happy's Place'" (another true statement), and "I Wanna See Jake Chastain In A Kilt" (I'll let you decide if that is true or not...).

One phenomenon I have noticed recently, though, is the huge influx of groups desiring to gather 1,000,000 Christians on Facebook, or the "One Body of Christ Experiment" which wants to have all Christians on Facebook join the same group.

Now stop and think about this for a second.

As I continue in my journey of faith and maturity I am increasingly made aware of the overall insecurity of my faith, and it distresses me to no end. What does 1,000,000 Christians on Facebook prove? For that matter, what is the point of an "experiment" that tries to gather all Christians? Do you think someone would see 1,000,000 Christians in a Facebook group and then realize that Jesus is indeed the Way??? NO! All this does is satisfy some carnal desire of man to prove himself better than someone else. All this does is shout to the world that we are an incredibly insecure people, trying to make up for something by advocating empty statements. This insecurity reinforces the common Christian stereotype of a hypocritical tribe of loud Pharisees, pointing out the fault of everyone but themselves. It is like a light that gathers the provocative and argumentative moths who fight each other in an attempt to prove who is "right." I would even say that these qroups employ bullying tactics to bolster their numbers, implying you must join or else you are denying your faith.

Now, this blog entry is not meant to cast judgment upon certain Facebook groups or those who join them. This is only an example of insecure Christianity.

Is this really what Jesus died for? A people who wander aimlessly in the desert and are easily distracted by societal constructs? Really? Don't you think we can do better than this? Shouldn't we concentrate more on doing what God wills of us and less on trying to "prove" we're right or better than everyone else? Shouldn't our lives be our witness?



“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’"