To Instagram or not to Instagram, that is the question, today specifically should we Instagram

our good works.

We have sharp listeners sending us very sharp questions and today sharp question comes

from a sharp listener named Stephen who lives in Texas.

Pastor John, hello, you recently tweeted this.

Let another praise you in not your own mouth as problems 27 to and don't mess it up by

retweeting the praise.

Of course, everyone notices, so you said, Pastor John, to which I wholeheartedly agree

with you.

And I retweeted it as a matter of fact, but I also see a lot of social media photos

of Christians doing good deeds, say, and helping with hurricane relief.

So my question is, where and how do we draw the line between letting our light shine

before others so that they may see our good works and give glory to our Father who is

in heaven?

That's Jesus' command in Matthew 5.16, and yet being careful not to practice our righteousness

before other people in order to be seen by them, that's Jesus' command in Matthew 6.1.

Any thoughts on how to balance these two truths on social media?

Okay, let's put the text in front of us and then I'll try to make some distinctions.

First, Jesus lays down this warning and principle in Matthew 6.1, beware of practicing your

righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have

no reward from your Father who's in heaven.

Now that's a kind of aim to be seen, which is evil, he says, shouldn't do it.

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