"Like" if you love Jesus

If you have a Facebook account, you probably know exactly what the phrase “Like if you love Jesus” means. Under these words is usually a picture of Jesus. There are usually a lot of “likes” on the post and you might notice that a few of your friends have “liked” it too. But just because we “like” a Facebook post, does this necessarily mean that we love Jesus? Does it prove anything to “like” these posts? Absolutely not! These Facebook posts, in my opinion, are posted just to see how many “likes” one can rack up. To get even more “likes,” they will put more than just the phrase “Like if you love Jesus” so that it will read “Like if you love Jesus, if you don’t, keep scrolling” so as to make one feel guilty if they don’t “like” it. But again, does it mean that you have to “like” a post in order to show your love for Jesus? Here’s an even better question, “Does our eternal destiny depend on it?”

To some it may seem that way. Why do I think this? Well, I happened to see another post the other day similar to the one I’ve been discussing. It read, “Like for Heaven, ignore for Hell.” Now does it seem too harsh to say that people feel like they have to “like” these posts? Well, if that were not the case, then there wouldn’t be so many “likes” on them.

The fact of the matter is, our eternal destiny absolutely does not depend upon “liking” a Facebook post. Our salvation is dependent upon our faith (Hebrews 11:7), the changing our mind to repentance (Luke 13:3), our confession (Romans 10:10), and baptism (Mark 16:16). By doing this we can not only save our souls, but we can also show our love for Jesus (John 14:15)! After you have been saved, continue to live your life for the Lord, proving your love for Him by living as a Christian, striving to put God and others before yourself. If you do this, then there is no sense in “liking” a Facebook post to prove that you love God, because you have shown it in your walk of life (Matthew 5:13). So the next time you run across one of these posts and you want to show that you love Jesus, get off of Facebook and get out there to let your light shine before men so that they will see the love of Christ in you, not by the clicking of the “like” button, but by your sincere desire to do the Lord’s work (James 1:25)!

Jonathan Glaesemann