We got a raptor.
I got a raptor.
Okay?
What do you do?
Alright everybody.
Welcome to Steadfast Baptist Church.
Glad you could all make it here
tonight.
Its a special night.
Indeed.
We got the Chilli Cook Off right
after the service.
Lets go ahead and start with our first song.
faith is the victory notice it's faith is a victory not works 410 410 we'll
sing it all together on the first
and camped along the hills of my feet christian soldiers rise and press the
battle there the night shall build the glowing skies
against the bow and bails below let all our strength be heard
faith is the victory we know that overcomes the world
faith is a victory faith is a victory
all glorious victory that overcomes the world
there's better over us is love our sword the word of god
we tread the road the saints above with shouts of triumph drawn
life ain't they like a whirlwind swept on or every field
the faith by which they conquered death is still our sign
faith is a victory faith is the victory
oh glorious victory that overcomes the world
on every hand the home we find drawn up in dread array
let's enemies be left behind and onward to the grave
salvation's helmet on each head with truth all good of them
the earth shall tremble beneath our trend
and echo with our sound faith is a victory
victory oh glorious victory that overcomes the world
to win that overcomes the fun wine gray men shall begin
before the angels he shall go his name confessed in heaven
then onward from the hills of life all hearts full of a flame
will vanquish all the hosts of nine in jesus
faith is a victory faith is a victory
oh glorious victory that overcomes the world
amen let's bow this word of prayer if you have any father we thank you again
that we could be in your house tonight to hear the preaching of your word
i just pray you'd speak to us through the message tonight that you bless
pastor shelly and you fill them with your spirit and
help us all to walk out of here as better christians tonight
and in jesus precious name we pray amen next is going to be 411 right next door
you shouldn't even have to turn the page kept it easy for you tonight
411 hold the fort
oh my comrades see the signal through the sky
reinforcements now appearing victory is not
hold the fork for i am coming jesus
answer back to heaven
high thy grace we will
see the mighty host advancing
satan leading on
mighty man around us
calling courage almost gone
hold the fort for i am coming jesus
signals still
wave the answer back to heaven
high thy grace we will
see the glorious banner waving here the trumpet blow
in our leader's name we'll triumph over every foe
hold the fort for i am coming jesus
signals still
wave the answer back to heaven
high thy grace we will
years and long the battle rages but our help is near
onward comes our great commander cheer my comrades cheer
hold the fort for i am coming jesus signals still
wave the answer back to heaven
high thy grace we will
good evening thank you so much for coming to steadfast baptist church if you don't already have a bulletin
and you'd like one just slip up your hand real quick and an usher can come by and get you a bulletin
on the inside we have our service and soul winning times as well as church stats
i'm going to go ahead and get a count for the last few days of any soul winning
to report for the church was there anything to report from
thursday anything from thursday
one for thursday okay what about friday anything from friday
nine nine for friday what about saturday yesterday
it looks like fourteen for yesterday and then today i didn't even get the church van so just give me the church van numbers too
looks like twenty for today so praise the lord on that
we got to go out before the lights go out because this is not the night to go soul winning
but on the right hand side we have the list of expecting ladies please continue to pray for all of them
and our church grows really fast when he got this many ladies that are blessed with babies
also down below we have a prayer list lots of people to be in prayer for
in addition to our expecting ladies and then on the back we have a list
we have a couple of other announcements we are going to do another church yearbook
and so we are going to try and start our pictures next sunday
and so there is a sign up sheet over here and we like everyone to participate
it's obviously always completely free miss lucy has offered to help take those pictures
she does a really good job and we are going to be doing it with the wood background that is in my office
so just so that way you can think of colors or whatever i don't know
i don't really care about that but i know a lot of you do and that's important
also we are going to do baby pictures and the babies are babies born in 2021
ok so we want to have all the 2021 babies in there so january 1st 2021 all the way to the end
and so we will be doing that also there is a sign up for the next two weeks
if you miss there will be make ups but try to see if you can make sure to sign up on the cabinet sheet
and then make sure to be here a few minutes before your time
just so you are not you know miss lucy is doing this for completely free
so like you know don't disrespect her time by signing up and then not showing up or you know whatever
just try to make sure that you take that appointment seriously and we try to get that done quickly
also we have our cook off tonight you made it chili cook off and it's a texas chili cook off so you know you are going to enjoy it
and you are going to enjoy it tonight and you are not going to have regrets tomorrow
you know the non texas chili cook off where they put a lot of frijoles some beans in there you really feel the burn later ok
but this one you can enjoy it just forever you know and your spouse can enjoy it too with you
so also if you did bring a chili and you are entering it into the competition immediately following this service
my wife will get with you so you will just have to go and see her and get a number and then let her know like which chili is which
so that she can get all that signified and signed and everything we want to have make sure we are doing the competition well
also we are going to have our judges sitting over here testing while y'all are fellowshipping don't harass them ok
and you won't even know exactly which one is which anyways so don't try to guess or whatever we try to keep integrity here
we will need a few extra judges we might as well disappoint them now so if you are not related to anybody entering a chili
and you would like to be a judge above the age of 16 we got miss lauren, zach, billy and marcel alright and me
so there is your five judges ok and you are like well there is more men than women get used to it ok
that's just that's how it is alright so they are all baptists so there you go there is your supreme court
we are going to have prizes awarded to first second and third do please give us a moment after the service just allow my wife to go down the line
and get all of the chili ready for the competition once she's got that secured then y'all can go down and feast and have a good time
i saw someone put beans in their rice krispy treats ok that's fine cause that's not a texas chili you know it was always a rice krispy treat
now it's just a cluttered rice krispy treat or whatever but it looks cool i like it so there you go
some people have falsely accused me of not liking beans this is a false accusation ok i love beans i just don't put them in my chili
you know and they said they also didn't put any screwdrivers in the rice krispy treats either so you are safe to eat it alright
and i'm hoping as soon as we are done with this evening i won't bring up the texas chili thing for a long time ok so you don't have to worry about all these jokes anymore alright
but you know the title of the sermon this evening is the rebuke of humor so when people are laughing at you you need to pay attention alright
also we have two so many mini-a-thons november 13th december 9th through 11th december 31st we have a new years eve party
we also are going to have christmas caroling again in december and we are going to have a thanksgiving pie fellowship or dessert fellowship
and so i'll try to get those added into the bulletin please continue if you are going to donate via check or online just do that to pure words baptist church for now
and i'll continue to update you on that we are going to have an extremely short business meeting immediately following the music so please don't jump up
and one other thing i have a feeling we might have broke our record this evening so we are going to have ice cream but we are not going to just do it right afterwards
basically as soon as you are done eating chili or whatever you can have ice cream ok so its going to be a free for all
we got plenty of ice cream in the freezer or whatever so you can cool down a little bit after you heat up from that chili alright
so with that lets go to our third song for the evening 260 he is able to deliver thee
again thats 260 he is able to deliver thee
no by sin oppressed go to him for rest our god is able to deliver thee
tis the grandest theme in the earth o'er me
tis the grandest theme for immortal strength
tis the grandest theme tell the world again our god is able to deliver thee
god is able to deliver thee he is able to deliver thee he is able to deliver thee
no by sin oppressed go to him for rest our god is able to deliver thee
tis the grandest theme let the tidings roll to the guilty heart to the sinful soul
look to god in faith he will make thee whole our god is able to deliver thee
he is able to deliver thee he is able to deliver thee
no by sin oppressed go to him for rest our god is able to deliver thee
while the offering plates are being passed around please turn in your Bibles to 2 Kings 19
2 Kings 19
for the children are come to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth
it may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh
whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God
and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard
wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left
so the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah
and Isaiah said unto them thus shall ye say to your master
thus saith the Lord be not afraid of the words which thou has heard
with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me
behold I will send a blast upon him and he shall hear a rumor
and shall return to his own land and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land
so Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Livna
where he had heard that he was departed from Lachish
and when he heard say of Tirchaka king of Ethiopia
behold he has come out to fight against thee
he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah saying
thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying
let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee
saying Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria
behold thou has heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands
by destroying them utterly and shalt thou be delivered
have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed
as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Thalesar
where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad
and the king of the city of Sepharvayim of Hena and Ivah
and Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it
and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord
and Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said
O Lord God of Israel which dwellest between the cherubims
thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth
thou hast made heaven and earth
Lord bow down thine ear and hear
open Lord thine eyes and see
and hear the words of Sennacherib which hath sent him to reproach the living God
of a truth Lord the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands
and have cast their gods into the fire
for they were no gods
but the work of men's hands wood and stone therefore they have destroyed them
now therefore O Lord our God I beseech thee save thou us out of his hand
that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God even thou only
and Isaiah the son of Ammon sent to Hezekiah saying
thus saith the Lord God of Israel
that which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard
this is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him
the virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn
the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee
whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed
and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice
and lifted up thine eyes on high even against the Holy One of Israel
by thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord and hast said
with the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains
to the sides of Lebanon and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof
and the choice fir trees thereof and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders
and into the forest of his Carmel
I have digged and drunk strange waters and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places
hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it
and of ancient times that I have formed it
now have I brought it to pass
that thou shouldst be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps
therefore their inhabitants were of small power
they were dismayed and confounded
they were as the grass of the field and as the green herb
as the grass on the housetops and as corn blasted before a bee grown up
but I know thy abode and thy going out and thy coming in
and thy rage against me because thy rage against me
and thy tumult has come up into mine ears
therefore I will put my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips
and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest
and there shall be a sign unto thee
ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves
and in the second year that which springeth of the same
and in the third year sow ye and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruits thereof
and the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah
shall yet again take root downward and bear fruit upward
for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant
and they that escape out of Mount Zion the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this
therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria
he shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there
nor come before it with shield nor cast a bank against it
by the way that he came by the same shall he return
and shall not come into this city saith the Lord
for I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake
and for my servant David's sake
and it came to pass that night that the angel of the Lord went out
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred four score and five thousand
and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses
so Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh
and it came to pass as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god
the Adri-Melech and Sheariza his son smote him with the sword
and they escaped into the land of Armenia
and his arhat and his son reigned in his stead
Let's pray
Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, thank you for all the souls that were one today
please Lord fill Pastor Shelley with your spirit
help us to pay attention and minimize distractions
please help us apply the message to our lives
and in Jesus' name, Amen
And I want to look back at verse 21 where the Bible reads
This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him
the virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn
the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee
and the title of my sermon is coming from this passage in a way
and it's really the rebuke of humor
the rebuke of humor and we have a story where the children of Israel
are going to be besieged by the king of Assyria
and he sends messengers to basically strike fear into the hearts of the children of Israel
and to try to cause them to just basically roll over
just allow them to take over the city
just become their slaves
they don't want to have to fight them
so they're just basically trying to intimidate them
scare them into succumbing to their will
and so they surround them and they're coming and they send this messenger
he's trying to shake their faith, right?
he's trying to put doubt and fear into their heart
and essentially God is telling the prophets
this is what I think about this guy
this is what I think about the king of Assyria
this is what I think about the Assyrians
and when God is giving this word
he's not even just including himself
he's just saying all the children of Israel
he's saying the virgin, the daughter of Zion
he's saying the daughter of Jerusalem
he's saying you guys are going to laugh them to scorn
you're going to laugh me to scorn
and you're going to shake your head at them
meaning they're coming, they're saying we're going to take you over
and you're just laughing at them
you're just like, you're not going to do anything
you're just, you're talking a big game, good luck
basically you're just laughing back at them
you're just, you're buking them
and what people don't realize
is that laughter, humor, mocking, jokes, ridicule
it's actually all a form of correction or rebuke
because when you think about someone laughing at someone
what's the point of laughing at someone?
it's because they're being stupid
that's why it's funny
if someone's not being stupid
if someone's not making a bad decision
if someone's not doing anything wrong
then it's not funny
the whole reason it's funny is because the person's stupid
that's the whole reason that you're laughing
I mean if you look at a meme or something
and it's making fun of someone
I don't know, let's pick a person
how about Joe Biden?
why is it that all the memes
and all the different sayings that he has
why is it so funny?
because he's so stupid
because he's so foolish
he doesn't even know where he's at
I mean the statements and the comments that he's making
that are coming out of his mouth
just make no sense
they're just foolish
that's why it's so funny
because if Joe Biden got up there
and everything he said just made perfect sense
and it was well articulated
it was really eloquent
and it was exactly right
it wouldn't really be funny to make fun of him
it would really just basically become baseless
it would make no sense
and someone making fun of him
would end up becoming the brunt of the joke
because they're the ones that are actually being stupid
they're the ones that are being foolish
now in this passage again
saying that you're going to destroy the Lord's people
is a foolish thing to say
and so what happens is
God and God's people
laugh at that person
they mock that person
they ridicule that person
and really
they should consider that rebuke
and that they should have said
you know what?
I should not mess with these people
if the Lord's laughing at me
you're in trouble
you don't want God to laugh at you in the Bible
every time God laughs
it's because he's severely mocking
and making fun of people that are against him
you know we often think of laughter
you know we love a comedy, right?
people love to watch a comedy show
or whatever
but you're always laughing at someone being stupid
is the reality of laughter
in and of itself
and really what you should do
is when someone's laughing at you
you should realize there's something wrong with you potentially
you know
you need to make sure like
why are they laughing?
because if they're laughing at me
here's a question
am I doing something wrong?
now not all laughter is necessarily
credible
or not all laughter or mocking is legitimate
so I have two points that I'm going to make this evening
of how you need to test laughter
when someone's laughing
you need to test two different things
and here's point number one that you need to test
you need to test the character
of the person that's laughing at you
you need to test the character of the person that's laughing at you
when God's laughing at you
you're wrong
it's just case point
I mean it's just like
if God's laughing at you
you should be terrified
you know
that's the person you don't ever want to be laughing at you
now obviously someone that's laughing
let's say the devil's laughing at you
you don't have to worry about that
because what's his character?
his character is that he's a liar
okay
so I don't care if the devil's laughing at me
but if God's laughing at me now I'm in severe trouble
now let's keep reading this passage a little bit more
I know we read some of it
let's keep reading
it says verse 22
whom hast thou reproached in blaspheme?
so what is he asking?
this is the character
what's the character of the person that you're reproaching?
and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice
and lifted up thine eyes on high
even against the Holy One of Israel
so they're making fun of Jesus
is what he's saying
making fun of God
verse 23
by thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord
and hast said
with the multitude of my chariots
I am come up to the height of the mountains
to the sides of Lebanon
and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof
and the choice fir trees thereof
and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders
and into the forest of his caramel
I have digged and drunk strange waters
and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places
hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it
and of ancient times that I have formed it
now have I brought it to pass
that thou shouldest be to lay waste
fenced cities into ruinous heaps
now when you're reading the Bible
sometimes you don't realize the shift in who's talking
but in verses 23 through 24
he's basically saying this is what you guys said
okay
but then in verse 25 God starts speaking
and he's saying they're coming up to this area
and they're saying we're going to knock down your trees
we're going to knock down your borders
we're going to come in here and take over
and then God's saying
didn't you realize that I did that too?
not only have I done that before
I made all of the trees
I made everything
because to get the full context
you have to realize when the king of Assyria comes in
he's saying which of the gods of these other heathen
have delivered them
so basically they're just
they're basically touting their record
their accolades
what they've done in the past
like we're 17-0
or we've won every game before
we've beat all these teams before
and so they're saying we're going to get rid of all your trees
and God's like I've already done it
not only have I already done that
I created the trees
he's like oh you want to brag?
let's go ahead and see
who has done the most here
verse 26
therefore their inhabitants were of small power
they were dismayed and confounded
they were as the grass of the field and as the green herb
as the grass on the house tops
and as corn blasted before
it be grown up
but I know thy abode
and thy going out
and thy coming in
and thy rage against me
because thy rage against me and thy tumult
has come up into mine ears
therefore I will put my hook in thy nose
and I will turn thee back by the way
which thou camest
you know what I like about God?
he talks some serious smack
I mean this is really
it's just like two opponents
like two teams and they're just talking smack
to one another
you know it's like one quarterback over here is like
oh yeah I can throw a football 400 yards
but you can't
I can throw a football 60 yards
and God's like oh yeah
I can throw it 6 trillion yards
and I made the football
and I made you
and I know where you sleep
and I know where you live
and I'm going to put my hook in your nose
and I'm going to drag you wherever I want to
I mean he's just like oh yeah buddy
you want to talk smack to me?
let's go!
God's like I got you
I mean I like God
he's nice
this isn't that nice
he's nice to those that love him
he says in verse 29
and this shall be a sign unto thee
he's talking to the king
he's talking to
the children of Israel
it's kind of hard to figure out exactly
who he's talking about at first
but he's talking to Israel now and he's saying
this is the proof that what I'm saying to you guys
is going to come true
he says ye shall eat this year such things as grow themselves
and in the second year that which springeth are the same
and in the third year sow ye and reap
and plant vineyards
and eat the fruits thereof
and the remnant is the skate of the house of Judah
yet again take
root downward and bear fruit upward
for out of Jerusalem shall go for the remnant
and they shall escape out of Mount Zion
the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this
therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria
so now he's switching and dialing it
this is how you know what I'm telling the truth
you guys are going to eat food this year
next year, I mean you're going to be fine
they're not coming in here
so he starts doing that and then he talks about later prophecy
he says in verse number 32
therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria
he shall not come into this city
nor shoot an arrow there
nor come before it with shield
nor cast a bank against it
by the way that he came
by the same shall he return
and shall not come into this city
saith the Lord
basically it'd be like some guy saying
we're going to score so many points on you
and God's like you're not going to score a single point
you're not even going to advance one yard
you're not even going to get one first down
I mean just no points
no advancement
you don't even get to shoot one arrow
zero arrows are going to be shot
and in fact the way you came in
you're going exactly back out that same door
there's no opportunity for you to do anything
against the people of God
and he says verse 34
for I will defend this city
to save it for mine own sake
and for my servant David's sake
it came to pass that night
that the angel of the Lord went out
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians
a hundred four score and five thousand
and when they arose early in the morning
behold they were all dead corpses
so Sennacherib king of Assyria
departed and went in return and dwelt in Nineveh
it came to pass as he was
worshipping in the house of Nisroch as God
that at Dremelech and Cheriezer
his son smote him with the sword
and they escaped into the land of Armenia
and Ezra-Hadon his son
reigned in his stead
and here's the thing once God laughed at him
he should have repented in sackcloth and ashes
but instead what happened
huge numbers of his troops
just immediately dead
he goes back home in shame
he goes back home in contempt
and it's so embarrassing that his sons
even come up and kill him
now what should he have done
hey when God's people and God are laughing at you
you better fix it
you better get right
get right really quick
and some people will say
oh you guys are mean
because you laughed at us
no no no no no no
we're laughing at you because you're stupid
and if you had realized that rebuke was actually helping you
then you would have gotten right
by laughing at them
you're helping them realize
they're doing something wrong
because it's just funny how stupid they are
and you know some people get really offended by that
but you know what laughter can be good
go to Job chapter 29
ever bring up an idea
and a whole bunch of people laugh at you
like that was a dumb idea
you know what they did?
they helped you
because you were going to say that stupid thing to somebody else
but after you brought it up
and everybody made fun of you
you're like I'm never bringing that up again
you know you're like I think the earth is flat
and everybody's like
what?
I was talking to an attorney
and I was trying to describe to him
that there was somebody that I knew that was a flat earther
and he's like
what do you mean by that?
and I'm like
they believe the earth is flat
and he's like in a spiritual sense
and I'm like
no like the shape
what do you mean the shape?
and I'm like
they think it's like literally a flat plane
what do you mean?
like he just couldn't figure it out
he didn't believe it existed
and look I didn't think that was even real
there was a point in my life I didn't realize that people were actually like that
I thought
I thought it was like the flying spaghetti monster or something
where you know
it's just an obvious troll
or people are just being stupid on purpose
just to like be funny or whatever
and then you find out people really are like that
and you're just like wow
but you know what helps that person?
laughing at them
making fun of them, ridiculing
whenever you have this weird idea in your mind
and people start making fun of it you're like
oh yeah I better not think that or say that out loud
what is helping you?
the rebuke
of humor
and you know what rebuke is good for us
and you have to consider this
the character of who's laughing
there's certain people
that if they're laughing at you
you better be careful what you believe
there's an example of this, not just God
let me show you another person
Job chapter 29 look at verse 1
moreover Job continued his parable and said
oh that I were as in months past
as in the days when God
preserves me
now what you understand about Job is Job used to be
the greatest man on the earth
in every capacity
everybody had respect unto him
and in the part of this chapter
he's going back and thinking about the past
he's remembering the former days
oh man I wish it was like it was back in the old days
when God preserved me
and he says in verse 3
young men saw me
and hid themselves
the aged arose and stood up
the princes refrained talking and laid their hand
on their mouth
what does he picture?
he's saying he had so much respect
people
had so much fear of Job
because he was such a great person
that young people when they saw him
they were just afraid to get in his way
they were afraid that Job
would basically be mad at them
for any reason
he's even saying the aged people they stood up
as respect
now in the United States
when you have a respectable person
come into a room you're supposed to stand for them
like when you're in a court you have to stand
for the judge
or whenever you have a bride coming down
and it's her wedding day
you all stand as a form of respect
Job is saying
he walked into a room and people just stood up
they had that much
respect for Job
Job's here we better stand up
Job's here
in some cultures that's still a thing
I think it's in
Hispanic cultures
when an elder
an older person
is a respectable person
everybody has to stand up at the table
that used to even be an American culture
when someone would enter the room
that was of noteworthy
importance
to stand at their presence
for them even coming in
look what it says in the next verse
it says in verse 10
the nobles held their peace
and their tongue cleaved to the roof
of their mouth
when the ear heard me
then it blessed me
and when the eye saw me it gave witness to me
because I delivered the poor that cried
and the fatherless and him that had none to help
saying he went into the room
it was just deathly silent
and nobody else wants to speak
for fear of sounding like an idiot
now skip down I'm going to give you all this
look at verse 21
unto me men gave ear and waited
and kept silence at my counsel
meaning when you're in the room with Job
you're not going to speak you're going to let him speak
because you want to hear his wisdom
he's just of so much greater importance
wisdom and stature
verse 22 after my words they spake not again
and my speech dropped upon them
now what's cool about this
and I'll give you a tidbit
this is Jesus too
when Jesus came
everybody wanted to hear what? Jesus speak
and when Jesus spake a parable
what happened?
everybody was silent afterwards
they couldn't speak a word
they were afraid to even ask him another question
because some people have this
there's no such thing as a stupid question
that was a stupid statement
there are stupid questions
the bible says to avoid foolish questions
and you know
you don't want to ask Jesus a foolish question
because then he'll make fun of you
and he'll just ridicule you
and mock you for asking such a foolish question
you do greatly err not knowing the scriptures
that's what he said when people
would ask him questions
he would just point out how they were so stupid
I mean wouldn't it be funny
to have the pastors of the day go and walk
up to Jesus and ask him questions
because you know he would just make them look like
complete idiots after everything they said
and we'd all laugh at them
and you know what they would do? they would be silent
because they'd be afraid of looking like an idiot
this is what Job is like
Job is such
a man of great
value and stature that if
he's laughing at you
you're in trouble look at what it says in verse 23
and they waited
for me as for the rain
and they opened their mouth wide as far
as for the latter rain
if I laughed on them
they believed it not
and the light of my countenance they
cast not down saying when someone
brought up the flat earth theory and Job
laughed they all dropped it like a bad
habit if Job's
making fun of me then I must be
a complete idiot that's
what he's saying he's saying
if I laugh at you
you need to realize you're in the wrong why
because of the character of Job
if Job's laughing at you
you got serious problems
but you know what it's a benefit
it's a blessing to be rebuked with the
laughter because
honestly it could be even
worse he says in verse 25
I chose out their way and sat chief and dwelt
as a king in the army as
one that comforted the mourners
now paying attention
to this chapter will help you understand the book of Job
because what happens when his friends
first come to him they don't speak for
the longest time
have you ever noticed that? have you ever noticed that their friends just show up
and it's like forever until
it talks about a really long time
before they actually start speaking
if you look at how much time
the reason why is because Job had that much respect
that nobody wanted to walk up and be the first
to speak they just got to the
point where they finally had to open their mouth
and say a bunch of stupid stuff or whatever
and they let Job talk or whatever
but Job was a
very respectable person
and if Job's laughing at you
you're in trouble go to Psalms 37
go to Psalms 37
now I don't have time this evening
and I don't want to show you
every verse on laughter with God
but just look it up
look up the word laughter
pay attention to who's laughing
find me a time when God's laughing
and it's a good thing
doesn't happen
every time God is laughing
it's because someone is being an idiot
someone is being a fool
and he's mocking them and he's ridiculing them
and some people are like
you have a bad spirit because you laugh at people
it's like I'm trying to be like Christ
I'm trying to be like
the Lord God
in what capacity I'm supposed to strive
to be like the Lord in every area of my life
it's not like well you know what
I know God laughs at people but I don't
I'm much nicer
than the Lord
I'm more loving and compassionate than the Lord
now look
I'm not trying to give people in this room
a license to just mock
and ridicule every person on the planet
you need to have some discretion
you want to be
someone that's genuinely
sincere and loves people
and is kind and compassionate
and look the way that you treat people
is how God's going to treat you
if you laugh at everybody for every single thing they do
that's wrong
be afraid when God's going to laugh at you for everything
you do that's wrong
so you want to extend a lot of grace and mercy
you have to realize if someone's gotten to the point
where they have to laugh at you
maybe you deserve it
maybe there's a reason why they're making fun of you
you know
when someone's got a kick me sign on their back
and everybody's laughing at them
there's a reason
they should take the sign off
because they look foolish
you know you got something on your face and everybody's looking at you
you got to take the thing off your face
when your fly's down, everybody's laughing at you
pull your fly up
people are laughing
Psalm 37, look at verse 12
so they say when evil people plot against God's people
God just laughs at them
He's like, you really think you're going to do something against them?
you really think that I'm going to allow you to get away with that?
He just laughs at them
you guys are just so stupid
people are so stupid
it just makes God laugh
that's the normal emotion
when someone does something stupid or foolish
or says something awkward
what does everybody do?
laugh
because that's just a normal human emotion
and that's what God is like
God just laughs at how foolish these people are
go to Mark, chapter number 5
Mark, chapter number 5
be afraid though
when God's laughing at you
and we can extend this
to other respectable men
somebody that you have high esteem for
high respect for, someone that's very intelligent
someone that's shown themselves to be of great character
and they're laughing at you
you should be afraid of that
you should fear that
when they're laughing and mocking and ridiculing you
rather than sitting here and saying
ah, that guy's mean
ah, that guy's rude
look at Mark, chapter 5, verse 35
as soon as Jesus heard the word
that was spoken, he saith unto them
the ruler of the synagogue, be not afraid
only believe
and he suffered no man to follow him, say Peter and James
and John the brother of James
and he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue
and seeeth the tombal
and then that wept and wailed greatly
and when he was come in, he saith unto them
why make ye this ado and weep?
damsel's not dead
but sleepeth
and they laughed him to scorn
now, let's stop for a moment
why did they laugh at Jesus?
because they knew that she was dead
and what it sounded like to them
is he's saying she's just asleep
so it was probably a normal response in a sense
and if someone's dead
and you think that they're just sleeping
you're like, that's silly
she's dead, it's obvious
that's why they laugh
now I'm not excusing their laughter
to laugh
why also are they laughing?
because they don't believe the word of God
now someone who does not believe the word of God
how much should I care about their laughter?
zero
why?
because of their character
hey, when someone doesn't even believe the Bible
why do I care what they think is funny?
everything they think is funny is stupid
it's not funny
okay
that's why the left can't mean
because they don't have any truth
that's why you look at their meaning
that's true
they're like, do you really believe Jesus?
and you're like, yeah
they think the Bible is funny
because they just don't believe it
because to them it's stupid
but because they're stupid and it's the truth
we laugh at them
you know what? everybody laughs
everybody thinks things are funny
but the only thing that matters is the character
of the person laughing
what are you laughing about? is it the truth?
then that's what actually makes it funny
verse 40
and they laughed him to scorn
but when he had put them all out
he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel
and them that were with him
and entereth in where the damsel was lying
hey, there's people laughing outside
but you're inside
verse 41
and he took the damsel by the hand and saith unto her
lithai kumai
straightway the damsel rose and walked
for she was of the age of twelve years
and they were astonished
with great astonishment
now how would you feel having laughed at Jesus
and then you see this girl walking around
wouldn't you feel like a complete idiot?
now, would you have wanted to laugh with those people that were laughing?
no, but you know why you shouldn't?
because of their character
it was someone that laughed at the statements of Jesus
it was someone that laughed at the word of God
why would I care what you have to say?
when people are mocking the Bible
they're the idiot
they're the fool
you know the Bible says
fools make a mock at sin
but among the righteous there is favor
so when we hear the rebuke of humor
we do have to assess the character
of that humor
but when it's someone of high character
realize it's probably a rebuke
when it's someone that hates the word of God
guys, who cares what you believe?
who cares what you have to think?
you know, the Jimmy Fallon's of this world
their laughter isn't even funny to me
late night comedy is not even funny anymore
because they're just making fun of things
that are true
it's just like, you're an idiot
you know, the guy coming around mocking the children of Israel
mocking the Lord God
saying that they're going to defeat him, you're just like
who are you?
you're going to take on God, okay, good job buddy
let's go
chapter 2
the Bible says
if a wise man contended with a foolish man
whether he rage or laugh
there is no rest
now here's the thing you have to
also understand
trying to convince these jokesters
that you're right is a fool's errand
you know, you can't win
everyone over
you know, and I think that some people just
have this naive approach to life
they just think that everybody's up for grabs
and everybody's, you know
if they just heard the right argument, they'd come to their side
or whatever
no, really what happens is the truth just exposes
who's a sheep and who's a goat in this world
and so our job
is really just to expose truth to people
but once you've already exposed truth to people
there's nothing left to do
if they sound more
like a goat after exposing truth to them
you need to realize they're going to stay like a goat
you know, there's nothing left
to do at that point
and when you're contending with a foolish man
who's a foolish man?
the fool has said in his heart there is no god
why do I want to continue
debating an atheist
whether he rage or laugh
there's no rest
let me explain to you why your joke's bad
it's like, no, there's no point
and you're never going to convince him
you're never going to get him on your side
but this is what I
I really want to hit home on this
because I think I've kind of made my point
and that's point one
I'm going to get to point two in a second
but
when I'm confronted with someone
doing something really stupid
really foolish
and I feel like it's necessary
to say something
and this is what I do
I typically make a joke out of it
because you have
two options, right?
let's say someone does something really stupid
they go to Home Depot
and they're going to buy paint
and they think
that the paint in the can is automatically
the color that they want
they don't even have to get it mixed
they don't even have to ask them to pour into that
that's pretty stupid
right?
so let's say they bring you that paint
I have two options now
option one is to be like
you're a complete idiot
right? wouldn't that be one way to correct them?
or a second way to do it
would be to make a joke out of it
right? just be kind of like
oh really? you didn't even think, you just thought
they knew exactly what paint you wanted
when you showed up at the store, right?
now which one would you rather have someone do?
would you rather someone just yell at you and scream at you
or just kind of make a joke out of it
and be kind of more light hearted about it
it's actually a little bit nicer to joke about it
isn't it?
be a little more light hearted about it
they don't realize by you making fun of them
they were correcting you
it was still a rebuke
you should still learn from it
I've noticed though that some people
they have this weird attitude
where you make a joke about it
and then they joke back
and you're like, you didn't get it
no, I'm laughing at you
because you're stupid
and I'm telling you
that this is my personality
my personality is that when I see people doing stupid things
or making a fool of themselves
or whatever
my personalities tend to just joke about it
or to be kind of light hearted about it
and not really confront it real sharp
because I don't want to make them more embarrassed
than they have to be
it's more embarrassing to have someone
just scream at you and yell at you in front of everybody
rather than just kind of making a joke about it
you can kind of recover from that
a little bit easier
you're not as embarrassed when they're kind of being light hearted
with you
but you should still take the joke
as a correction
you should still take the joke
as a rebuke
but some people
they just can't get it
and then you just keep escalating
and then it gets to a point where you just have to be
real clear with the person
you're being stupid
quit it
stop it
yeah, I like to have fun too
when you interact with the person laughing at you and joking with you
sometimes you need to back off
and realize
woah, I probably screwed up here
I probably messed up here
maybe I should make it right
even though the person's being light hearted about it
and I say that because I know I'm not the only person
that does this
I know your boss might do this
because it's more natural to just kind of like
joke about it or laugh
or just try to be
put people at ease about it
if your boss kind of jokes with you a little bit
you know what you should do in that situation
still apologize
correct it, fix it
and not think like, oh he didn't think it was a big deal, he just made a joke about it
no, they still thought
that you did something wrong
they just weren't wanting to make you
more embarrassed than you had to be
they didn't want you to feel worse
than you had to
and look, the reason why the joke was funny
was because it was true
if everybody's laughing at you
and they have the right character
you got to be really careful
with that
and look, maybe
that's a character flaw of mine
because I'll be honest with you
my personality is not to want to confront
people on issues
I hate it, I don't like it
I would let everything go
and so it's probably a defense mechanism
when someone comes to me I just kind of laugh about it
or joke with them or try to explain
something light hearted or whatever
lots of times you just have to be direct with people
because they can't pick up on the clue
that the fact that you're joking about it
they're already in the wrong
and so you got to be careful when people are laughing at you
when people are making a joke at you
you need to say, do I actually have a real problem here
that needs to be fixed
go over to Psalms chapter number 2
and look at verse number 1
why did the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing
the kings of the earth set themselves
and the rulers take counsel together
against the Lord and against his anointed
saying, let us break their bands asunder
and cast away their cords from us
he that sitteth in the heaven shall laugh
the Lord shall have them in derision
so notice they think they're going to literally
kill Jesus and win
and you know
get the Lord away from them or whatever
and God's just up there just laughing
we've already talked about one point
character, right
when God's laughing at you
be afraid
here's the second thing that you have to pay attention to
and a joke is the content
is the content of the joke
okay
is the content true
if someone's making fun of you and it's not true
you know, what if
I don't know, I can imagine people are laughing
you're like, haha, you're a cult
you're a cult leader, haha
that doesn't hurt me
because guess what, the content's not true
it means meaningless to me
I don't care at all
you can call me a cult all day long
and I don't care
because I know I'm
I'm not in a cult
but I do know I'm the cult leader
if it's a cult, okay
right
but wait a minute
you know, when did I tell anybody to do
anything that they actually listened
if I was a cult leader, I'd be really
disappointed right now because you guys, you know
don't really listen that well
it's that
it's silly
you know, it's silly when people make fun of you
and it's just obviously not true
it obviously has no basis in reality
you shouldn't care
because the content's not true
but here's the thing
why is God laughing at them
because they are not
going to be able to successfully overthrow the Lord
they're not going to take over
look what it says in verse 10
so in verse 4 he's laughing at them
but then he has to escalate it
and he has to get real direct
no look, the reason I'm laughing at you is because you need to be instructed
you need to learn
you need to be wise
you need to wise up
why is he saying be wise? because they're being foolish
because they're being stupid
go to Proverbs chapter number 1
being foolish is not a good thing
being stupid is not a good thing
the Bible says to get wisdom
and with all that getting
get understanding
we're supposed to strive for wisdom, understanding
knowledge
being an idiot
that's what people laugh at
slapstick comedy
someone just walking around a bumbling idiot
can't talk right
they can't speak right
think about a lot of racist jokes
what do they do?
they make fun of the way people speak
because they say things stupid
they say things foolishly
or they can't pronounce things correctly
and so they make fun of it
I'm not excusing that
I'm just telling you why they laugh
and here's the thing
if every time you pronounce a word
people are laughing, fix it
I'll tell a joke
me and my wife
went to high school together
this was before we dated
my wife would have never dated me
I was a loser
but at this time we were in class
we were in geography class
we had to write these essays
or maybe it was history class
I think it was a history class
and she had written this paper
and she'd done such a good job
that the teacher wanted to read it for the whole class
and her paper was on Buddhism
but she didn't know how to say that
so she gets up and she's reading this paper
and has the word Buddhism like 20 times
she's like, Buddhism is a religion
and
you know, she says uh
and people really like Buddhism
and it was just like
I'm just sitting here busting out laughing
now here's the thing
what does that laughter do?
it helps you realize that's not how you say that word
and it sounds funny when you mispronounce it
doesn't it?
my brother used to tell this joke
he said there was a bunch of people on a plane
and they were flying
and they ended up crashing
and they were in the sea but they found this nearby island
and so they all just kind of drift
and swim, they get this island
and they're just kind of seeing what options
they have on the island
and then somebody gets up there
and they're trying to figure out
what everybody's good at
and they're kind of looking at everybody's race
and it's a very diverse plane group
they have all kinds of different people
they have Hispanic people, black people, white people
and Asian people
and they're telling some of the black guys
that are stronger, why don't you get some wood
and help us to build
a hut or a house or something
and they're assigning
different tasks and they're asking people to look
around the island, see what they can find
they look at some of the Asian people
and they say, why don't you go look and see what supplies
we have
and they just kind of pass all the tasks out
well, after a while
they've kind of gathered and they're
reconvening in this meeting
and they say, I can't find the Asian guy
and they're like, what happened
we've got to find him
so they start going around and they start
looking and they're like, he was looking for the
supplies, right? Yeah
we can't find him, so they go and they're looking
and they find this dark cave
and they're like, this is the last
we've looked everywhere
but there's this dark cave left
and they don't know where he is
so they're like, let's go look
so they all get really close
to the deep cave, they're creeping up
and then the Asian guy jumps out and says
supplies!
it's a joke
and you say, why would you lie?
because it's just
funny how they say it, right?
but obviously, if you can't say
things correctly, you should fix it
isn't that the whole point?
someone's going to call me racist after this
I know it
look, we have every
nationality, Asian people
I love everybody
it's just funny, okay?
why was it funny? because they mispronounced it
but look at verse 22, Proverbs chapter 1, verse 22
how long ye simple ones, we love
simplicity
and the scorners delight in their scorning
and fools hate knowledge
turn ye at my reproof, behold I'll pour out my
spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you
because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand
and no man regarded, you said it not all my counsel
I would not have my reproof
I also will laugh
at your calamity, I will mock
when your fear cometh
when your fear cometh as desolation
and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind
when distress and anguish cometh
upon you, God says because you're so
stupid and you're so foolish and you won't
hearken to me and you won't pay attention to my commandments
well guess what? whenever I
punish you, I'm gonna laugh at you when I
punish you, I'm gonna mock you
I'm gonna make fun of you
what is it to mock someone?
I mean you're using their words against them
you know, and that's what
God does, like I don't like
that spirit when you use people's words against
them, that's the God of the
Bible
that's the Lord, the Lord
is gonna literally mock people
while destroying
them, you say that's a mean
spirit, well actually that's the
Holy Spirit
welcome to the word of God
you know, I know they won't preach that at Joel
Osteen's church, but I'm not at
Joel Osteen's church, I'm at
a Texas, Chile, Baptist church
okay, maybe we should add that to the
IFB, right?
go to Psalms chapter 52, Psalms
52
what's the sound of the
sermon? the rebuke of
humor, the rebuke of humor
when someone's laughing, when someone's mocking you
you know, you gotta think about two things
the character of the person laughing
and the content of why
they're laughing, why are they laughing?
is it true?
Psalms 52, look at verse 1
God shall likewise
destroy thee forever, he shall take
thee away, and pluck thee out
of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the
land of the living, Selah, the righteous
also shall see
and fear
and notice this phrase
and shall laugh at him
whoa, this is the man that
made not God his strength, but
trusted in the abundance of his riches
and strengthened himself in his wickedness
you say
I don't like that attitude, well I guess
you're not righteous, because guess what
the righteous are gonna laugh
and mock at all the God haters
everybody that laughed
and ridiculed at God's people and at God
whenever we see them destroyed
the Bible teaches
we will laugh at them
now that might make you feel uncomfortable
but I'm just telling you what the Bible
literally says, I didn't write the Bible
I didn't invent laughter
I didn't invent mocking
in fact, you know what, I can only do it
because God told me how and showed me how
God did it
and even says the righteous are gonna do it
go to Luke chapter number 6
we will laugh, we will rejoice
you know, and I'll tell you what
when I see people that have been
persecuting my
church
for a long time and hating
my church members, look like a
complete idiot, you know what I do
I laugh at them
it's funny, it's hilarious
when they just are shown
to be the complete moron that they are
and some people are like, oh you're mean
I'm just trying to be righteous here
that's what the Bible teaches
Luke 6, look at verse 21
blessed are ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled
blessed are ye that weep now
for ye shall laugh
hey, you might have to endure a lot of persecution now
but you're gonna get to laugh about it in the future
we're gonna get to enjoy
and rejoice about the affliction
and the future, it's gonna be fun
it's gonna be a great time of fellowship
and a party
Luke chapter 14, look at verse 28
Luke chapter 14, look at
verse 28
for which of you
intending to build a tower
sitteth not down first
and counteth the cost, whether ye have sufficient to finish it
blessed happily
after ye have laid the foundation
and is not able to finish it
all that behold it began to mock him
saying this man
began to build and was not able
to finish
there's gonna be some people that have a half-baked idea
a half-baked scheme
and they can't end up
coming all the way to the end
they can't finish it
they didn't think it all the way through
and then we're gonna laugh at them when they didn't
you're gonna make fun of them
you really thought that was gonna work, huh?
oh, you didn't really count the cost on that one, did ya?
that's what the Bible says
go to Ecclesiastes chapter 7, I'm almost finished
I know you're getting hungry, okay
so, why bring this up?
well, you know, it's funny the society that we live in
because
the world can't take jokes anymore
comedy has ceased to exist
comedians are getting cancelled
left and right
how about Dave Chappelle?
who knows who Dave Chappelle is?
I just want to be curious
almost everybody, okay
now, I'm not saying I like his comedy, necessarily
he's pretty vulgar
he uses a lot of, you know
really explicit jokes and comedy
and everything like that
but, I'll be honest, I've heard some of his jokes
against transgender and it was hilarious
okay, I'm just being honest
you know what, they're trying to cancel him
I love those jokes
they don't like it, they're so mad
they had walkouts at Netflix or whatever
you know
because that's where he had his most recent special
or something like that
but here's the thing
he's laughing at you because you're stupid
he's making jokes at you because you're a complete fool
and if you would hear the rebuke of humor
you would get it right
if everybody's laughing at you
you got a problem
now, frankly speaking
Dave Chappelle, it's not
really good because of his character though
it was because of the content
but if you
say, well, Dave Chappelle, character?
eh, content
though, if it's true
you still need to fix it
because even an idiot can be laughing at you
and it's still a legitimate rebuke
because of the content
and whenever the content
is true, you know, and like
the reason why something's funny is because it's true
that's why comedy is ceasing to exist
in our society because truth is
falling in the streets
when you elevate
truth, you elevate humor
when you attack
the truth, you attack humor
you know, there's not any good comedies anymore
used to be people would make good movies
and they were funny and it was fun
because of truth, now you can't make fun
of anyone
because they're all bought and paid for
and you offend too many people
but I'll tell you what
comedy is alive and well
I mean, if people weren't restricted
there's more jokes to pass around than you could ever
imagine
because there's just so many things to make fun of
why? because there's so many stupid people in this world
there's so many stupid ideas
I mean, Joe Biden is a walking joke
literally
you couldn't make enough jokes about that guy
he's so foolish
and we're going to be making jokes for him as long as we can remember him
I mean, he has forgot
himself but you know, we still know
where he is and people get mad at this
they get mad at memes, jokes
and ridicule and the left
and our government wants to get rid of memes
you know why?
because they want to get rid of rebuke
they want to get rid of correction
you know why they don't like memes?
because they don't like the truth
and they don't like correction and these people
they're stiff necked, they're hard hearted
and let me tell you something
people that just hate memes, there's something wrong
with them
there's something wrong with people
that don't like memes
people that are constantly like, oh you guys
are so mean, you like memes and whatever
you just not like correction?
you
not like the rebuke of humor?
because there's two options
I could just rebuke you straight up
or I could just make a joke out of it
and then it's a little bit less harsh
because I'll tell you what, if I really screwed up
I'd rather you make a meme about it
and just be super blunt
and I'm just being clear
because it's less embarrassing
and to have your bosses
scream at you or yell at you
you know, it's better to just have them
kind of laugh about it and then you can just kind of
laugh and be like, I was stupid
that was foolish
you know, and then you just move on
you just realize, like I've done
who's done stupid things and you laugh at yourself, right?
you've done, yeah
that's the right attitude
if someone's making fun of you because you're stupid
laugh!
and then fix it
don't be like, eh, you're just so mean
so rude
I don't like jokes
I don't like memes
you just seem like an idiot then
idiots don't like memes
there I said it
Ecclesiastes 7, look at verse 1
a good name is better
than precious ointment
and the day of death
it is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting
for that is the end of all men
and the living
will lay it to his heart
sorrow is better than laughter
for by the sadness of the countess
the heart is made better
the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth
it is better to hear the rebuke of the wise
than for a man to hear the
song of fools
you know, if someone
ends up making a joke about you
or ridiculing you
notice how the bible describes it
it says in verse 3, sorrow is better
than laughter anyways
because it gives you an opportunity to get
better as a person
and it's saying, hey, by the sadness of the countess
countess, the heart
is made better, meaning by
you having to go through hard things
by you being made fun of, by you being ridiculed
you become a better person
you know, and I've worked for bosses
where when you screw up, they make fun of you
every time, they call you stupid
they laugh at you, they joke at you
but you know what, once you start getting better
they can't laugh at you as much anymore
and you should realize that laughter
can be a good tool to make you a better person
don't resist laughter
don't resist someone being able to make fun
of you, don't resist these things because
it can help you become a better person
the person that rejects humor
that rejects the rebuke of humor
is going to be a bad person
the person that embraces the humor
embraces the joke
that is going to bless the person
the bible says, he that rebuked the man
afterwards shall find more favor
than he that flattereth
with the tongue
when you're stupid
you should want your friends to make fun of you
you know what you don't want your friends to do when you're stupid
they're just like, you're just such a good guy
I can't believe those people that made fun of you
they're so mean
I'm telling you what
if someone's stupid you should hope that your friends
make fun of you
and when your friends make fun of you
you should say thank you
and laugh with them rather
than just having this really
bitter attitude, bristle at it
and just get so offended
and be like, I just want to be around people
that just tell me I'm great all the time
that person hates you
that person's not your real friend
they're just flattering you
thank you Heavenly Father for the word of God
thank you for laughter
thank you for humor
thank you for allowing us
to just be able to make fun of ourselves
at the stupidity that we have
and I pray instead of getting offended
at jokes
that we would just embrace the truth of the jokes
we would consider the content
and the character, but when we realize the joke is true
we just affix it
we don't get so offended that we
are able to enjoy our lives
and laugh about the silly things
and laugh about the foolish things
and not look at it as this just mean
evil wicked spirit because we know that
you laugh
we know that you mock
we know that you ridicule the fools
of this world
and I pray that God's people would get a sense of humor
and they would realize the benefit
and the blessing of the rebuke of humor
in Jesus' name we pray, Amen
Amen, let's go ahead and sing one more song
before we dig into that chili there
we'll say a prayer right after the song
I believe there might be a meeting too
two hundred and fifty-nine
Jesus saves
song two hundred and fifty-nine
song two fifty-nine Jesus saves
we have heard
the joyful sound
Jesus saves
there'll be tidings all around
Jesus saves
bear the news to every land
find the sleeves
to cross the waves
awkward tears
our Lord's command
Jesus saves
often on the rolling tide
Jesus saves
tell Jesus there's more and more
Jesus saves
sing the islands of the sea
echo back
the ocean caves
earth shall keep
virgin living
Jesus saves
sing above the battle's dive
Jesus saves
highest death and endless life
Jesus saves
sing his humbly
good
with the harm for mercy
praise
sing in triumph for the tomb
Jesus saves
give the winds a mighty voice
Jesus saves
let good nations now rejoice
Jesus saves
shall salvation
pull and free
highest hills and deepest caves
this our song
of victory
Jesus saves