In an era of “fake news,” Lisa Bevere encouraged Christians to use social media to promote “truth” rather than “opinion,” warning that just because something goes viral doesn’t mean it has the approval of God.
“There’s a huge danger when it comes to social media, because there’s often no accountability,” the New York Times best-selling author and internationally known speaker told The Christian Post. “The Bible is very clear that many of us should not be masters or teachers, but we can translate that to bloggers and posters. The Bible says we’re going to give an account for every idle word, and I think that can be applied to what we post on social media. We need to use social media to declare truth.”
Among Christians today, there’s a “mob mentality” where “people can say whatever they want to say, and when it goes viral they think they have the approval of God,” the speaker and author contended.
“But that’s not the case,” she said. “Sometimes, when things go viral, you’re not impacting people, you’re infecting them. You’re pointing out problems and not solutions. If you don’t give people an answer and point them to Jesus, you’re just creating more of a problem.”
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