For those of you who use social media (such as Facebook) what sort of things do you post? What are the exciting things that we want to share with our friends? My Facebook feed this morning contains a mixture of links to other websites and interesting articles, as well as the usual comments about house work, hobbies, running, holidays and a smattering of inspirational photos and quotes.
My Twitter feed is a little different - but that's because of the way that I use Twitter and Facebook.
But if you'd been following a couple of fishermen on Twitter a couple of thousand years ago they may have tweeted something along the lines of "found the Messiah - come and see" along with a photo and a location.
"Come and see". This is an invitation that we hear on the lips of the first disciples as they go and find their friends and tell them about Jesus (John 1:35-51). They hadn't been on an evangelism course but they knew that they'd found the person they'd been waiting for. Within a few hours of meeting Jesus they'd seen and heard enough to convince them that Jesus was the Messiah. They were convinced that Jesus was good news. They were sure that he was the answer to their questions and therefore they knew that he was the answers to their friends' questions too. And when you have good news you want to tell someone.
I think that sometimes we over-complicate evangelism. Yes, there is a part of evangelism that involves things like street performance, or speaking to strangers on a train journey, or engaging in debate - but there is also a part of evangelism that is simply inviting our friends to 'come and see'.
Is Jesus good news? Why is Jesus good news? What difference does Jesus make to us? If he has made a difference - if we've experienced peace in the middle of a massive crisis for example - then why not share that with someone who is searching for peace today?
