Christian Social Media

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Social media causes more bad than good in a Christian’s life by putting pressure, temptation, and distraction in their lives. Many believers struggle with the pressure to act against God, to be someone their not, and to follow the path of others. The temptation social media gives to listen to explicit music, watch bad entertainment, and to rush into arguments can make a christian’s heart hard and lead them astray. All these issues together lead to be a great distraction. This distraction removes time from God takes the place of commitments, And in the very end wastes time. Social media puts pressure on a Christian’s life by pushing them to act against God. Christians are not only expected to have god in their lives and hearts, but also have …show more content…

Many people go onto social media and see a famous or influential celebrity figure starting a new trend. This trend may be ungodly or morally incorrect, but since the famous person stated it many may feel the need to do it. This can pressure a Christian to follow the lead of the famous person’s life instead of God. These trends can also make Christians feel they need to change to “fit in” or be popular. The greatest example of this is how people try to change their looks. Many will use photoshop on pictures of change their actual bodies with surgery. People are always worried about not being pretty enough of trying to be perfect. Nobody's perfect except God. God made A person the way they are for a reason, and they should not change themselves for others approvals. The only approval we need is gods. Social media also causes a great deal of temptation in a Christian’s life. One of the worst temptations is secular music. The secular music in today’s generation contains many sinful and ungodly lyrics. Yes, there is clean and wholesome secular music but not as much as bed. It is very hard to avoid hearing these songs on social media. These sons a lot of times are even played in videos and adds. If a person is not hearing the music they are seeing the artist in a video or …show more content…

For a Christian it distracts them from time spent with God. Whether its choosing to be on social media instead of reading the Bible or praying it all removes time with God. Social media also causes distracts people from spending time with their families. Many times at a restaurant a lot of people are on their phones instead of paying attention to their loved ones. There even times that people will be on their phone at home and ignore their family. Social media also distracts people from their jobs of school. Many schools allow the students to keep their phones. This can lead to the temptation for them to be on their phones during classes. Being on the phone can affect grades and get the kids in trouble. Social media also distracts people from their jobs. Many times people will be on social media when they are supposed to be attending to customers. Being on social media can cause people to not finish their job or not do the job at all. In the end social media is just a good waste of time. There are so many better things to do than be on social media, but many think it is the most important thing in

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