The wicked game of darkness: destroying reputation by spreading fake news or negative information through social media or gossip.
Appallingly, even Christians play this game. How? They post their negative feelings and issues or follow vloggers aligned to their sentiments and post them on social media.
Sentiments may speak of unvalidated or validated allegations, negative speculations of issues, and attacks on personalities and institutions.
Let us say the sentiments are valid; they were fact-checked. Does God approve of posting them to inform others?
What Happens When Information is Shared?
Anything shared with you is like a seed planted in your mind.
That seed planted takes a space in your mind. It mixes with your thought system.
For example, you have heard of person A, but you have no idea whether he is good or bad. You haven’t met him.
Then person B comes to you and shares negative things about person A.
The negative things that person B shared occupy space in your mind and are stored as a negative file.
When you think of person A, the negative things person B shared would come into play. Your thoughts will retrieve the negative file. It will affect your attitude and behavior toward person A.
The effect: you will not fully trust person A. At worst, you will regard person A as a bad person even if you haven’t met him.
That is how sharing affects people. It is like witchcraft planting seeds in people’s minds. In the spiritual realms, demons see it as their opening to mess with our thoughts and emotions, triggering negative speculations and negative feelings leading to resentment, anger, and violent reactions.
Thus, sharing negative things makes us the devil's advocate.
Today, gossiping is crafted as a digital creation in social media, reaching an audience as far as the east is from the west. The negative seed planted in people’s minds unlocks the gates of demons. Appallingly, there are Christians who gossip using social media—a grave sin, defiling the earth.
Prayer warriors and intercessors, arise! Subdue this evil. Gossipers, repent. Stop posting negative information that taints the image and reputation of people, groups, institutions, and governments.
Our concerns should be addressed in prayer, not in gossip.
“For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.” – 2 Corinthians 12:20
“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.” – 1 Peter 2:1
When we talk or write, our message should be helpful for building others up.
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” – Ephesians 4:29
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