What does the Bible have to say about humor?
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It's kinda funny that people believe it!
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Jesus's pun about Peter being the rock. "Peter" is the Aramaic version of the name "Rocky". And from how Peter was portrayed in the Gospels he was anything but a steadfast person.
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Is there any humor in the Bible? Certainly. Here are some examples -
The book of Job contains numerous examples of satire and sarcasm. One such use of humor can be found in Job 13:5. The suffering hero of the story, having listened to the self-righteous pronunciations of his friends, utters the biting riposte: “If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom!” (all Scripture references NIV). Job’s retort is perhaps the earliest known expression of the sentiment, “Better to keep your mouth shut and have others think you a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Job, however, gets his comeuppance later in the story, in a passage that reveals that a sense of humor is among God’s attributes. For thirty-seven chapters, Job defends himself against the “comfort” of his friends and bemoans the fate that has befallen him. Finally, God himself speaks, answering Job “out of the storm” (Job 38:1). God poses a series of unanswerable questions to his complaining servant: “Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? . . . . Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place? . . . . Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?” Then God asks, tongue in cheek, “Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!” (Job 38:21). How God’s rejoinder must have stung Job; but, too, it may have prompted him to recognize the ridiculousness of his situation. After all, he had just challenged Almighty God--and lived to hear the answer!
Have It Your Way
Jesus displayed a likeness to his Father in every way, of course, not the least of which was his sense of humor. Matthew records Jesus’ encounter with a paralytic. When the Lord assured the cripple that his sins were forgiven, some in the crowd secretly accused Jesus of blasphemy. Knowing their thoughts, Jesus responded, “Which is easier: to say, `Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, `Get up and walk'?” Turning to the man (and, I like to imagine, with a knowing smile on his face), Jesus said, “Get up.” In twenty-first century vernacular, he might have shrugged his shoulders and said to his sanctimonious critics, “Have it your way--but I will heal him no matter what you say.”
The Original Animal House
Jesus’ love of humor is repeatedly betrayed in his parables. The Master could spin a yarn that would have half his audience fuming with anger and the other half doubled with laughter. One of his funniest stories is the oft-misunderstood story of the friend at midnight (Luke 11:7).
Jesus told the tale of a man whose friend comes knocking on his door to borrow some bread for an unexpected late-night visitor. Jesus has the man respond from inside the house, “Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.” Jesus’ first-century listeners would have imagined that, as was common, the man’s dog, goats, chickens, and sheep would be locked inside with the family. The picture is one of a household aroused, if not by the persistent knocking of the friend, then certainly by the two men talking back and forth through the closed door! Jesus must have smiled himself at the image of the man’s stubborn refusals waking his wife and children--as well as his dog, goats, chickens, and sheep!
Knock, Knock
Chapter twelve of the book of Acts relates how, when the Apostle Peter was imprisoned by the religious authorities, the church prayed earnestly for his release. However, as events unfold, we learn that when God answered their prayers they weren’t quite prepared.
In an episode that has more in common with I Love Lucy than with my friend’s dour conception of the Bible, Peter is released from prison by an angel and appears at the home of Mary (the mother of John Mark). A servant girl named Rhoda went to answer Peter’s knock, and the Bible records: “When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, ‘Peter is at the door!’” (Acts 12:14).
Thus ensues a vaudevillian scene, with Peter left standing at the door, while the inhabitants of the home dash back and forth, arguing about whether it could be Peter or not---until someone gets the bright idea. . . to actually open the door!
The book of Job contains numerous examples of satire and sarcasm. One such use of humor can be found in Job 13:5. The suffering hero of the story, having listened to the self-righteous pronunciations of his friends, utters the biting riposte: “If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom!” (all Scripture references NIV). Job’s retort is perhaps the earliest known expression of the sentiment, “Better to keep your mouth shut and have others think you a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Job, however, gets his comeuppance later in the story, in a passage that reveals that a sense of humor is among God’s attributes. For thirty-seven chapters, Job defends himself against the “comfort” of his friends and bemoans the fate that has befallen him. Finally, God himself speaks, answering Job “out of the storm” (Job 38:1). God poses a series of unanswerable questions to his complaining servant: “Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? . . . . Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place? . . . . Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?” Then God asks, tongue in cheek, “Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!” (Job 38:21). How God’s rejoinder must have stung Job; but, too, it may have prompted him to recognize the ridiculousness of his situation. After all, he had just challenged Almighty God--and lived to hear the answer!
Have It Your Way
Jesus displayed a likeness to his Father in every way, of course, not the least of which was his sense of humor. Matthew records Jesus’ encounter with a paralytic. When the Lord assured the cripple that his sins were forgiven, some in the crowd secretly accused Jesus of blasphemy. Knowing their thoughts, Jesus responded, “Which is easier: to say, `Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, `Get up and walk'?” Turning to the man (and, I like to imagine, with a knowing smile on his face), Jesus said, “Get up.” In twenty-first century vernacular, he might have shrugged his shoulders and said to his sanctimonious critics, “Have it your way--but I will heal him no matter what you say.”
The Original Animal House
Jesus’ love of humor is repeatedly betrayed in his parables. The Master could spin a yarn that would have half his audience fuming with anger and the other half doubled with laughter. One of his funniest stories is the oft-misunderstood story of the friend at midnight (Luke 11:7).
Jesus told the tale of a man whose friend comes knocking on his door to borrow some bread for an unexpected late-night visitor. Jesus has the man respond from inside the house, “Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.” Jesus’ first-century listeners would have imagined that, as was common, the man’s dog, goats, chickens, and sheep would be locked inside with the family. The picture is one of a household aroused, if not by the persistent knocking of the friend, then certainly by the two men talking back and forth through the closed door! Jesus must have smiled himself at the image of the man’s stubborn refusals waking his wife and children--as well as his dog, goats, chickens, and sheep!
Knock, Knock
Chapter twelve of the book of Acts relates how, when the Apostle Peter was imprisoned by the religious authorities, the church prayed earnestly for his release. However, as events unfold, we learn that when God answered their prayers they weren’t quite prepared.
In an episode that has more in common with I Love Lucy than with my friend’s dour conception of the Bible, Peter is released from prison by an angel and appears at the home of Mary (the mother of John Mark). A servant girl named Rhoda went to answer Peter’s knock, and the Bible records: “When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, ‘Peter is at the door!’” (Acts 12:14).
Thus ensues a vaudevillian scene, with Peter left standing at the door, while the inhabitants of the home dash back and forth, arguing about whether it could be Peter or not---until someone gets the bright idea. . . to actually open the door!
Jesus when said, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" (Mark 10:25), he was probably giving metaphor at which people might have laughed a bit.
Second, the fact that Jesus used to drink wine many times, confirms that he was not a strict or humorless person but rather a jolly man who likes to be with friends and have get together. Bible does not deny laughing and joking but jokes should not be made on someone's disaster mishappening.
". . . those who REJOICE at the misfortune of others will be punished" ~ Proverbs 17:5 (NLT)
"Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice" ~ Proverbs 24:17 (NIV)
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" (Mark 10:25), he was probably giving metaphor at which people might have laughed a bit.
Second, the fact that Jesus used to drink wine many times, confirms that he was not a strict or humorless person but rather a jolly man who likes to be with friends and have get together. Bible does not deny laughing and joking but jokes should not be made on someone's disaster mishappening.
". . . those who REJOICE at the misfortune of others will be punished" ~ Proverbs 17:5 (NLT)
"Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice" ~ Proverbs 24:17 (NIV)
Only do not rebel against the LORD, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the LORD is with us. Do not fear them.
-Joshua 14:9
Joshua was ready to enter the promise land, he said to the Israelites basically, that taking the land will be a piece of cake.
How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
-Proverbs 1:22
How long do you plan being stupid? Stupid people love being stupid and hate knowledge.
There's other similar proverbs such as 6:9 aswell.
-Joshua 14:9
Joshua was ready to enter the promise land, he said to the Israelites basically, that taking the land will be a piece of cake.
How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
-Proverbs 1:22
How long do you plan being stupid? Stupid people love being stupid and hate knowledge.
There's other similar proverbs such as 6:9 aswell.
God loves to laugh. "11*according to the glorious good news of the happy God, with which I was entrusted." (1Ti 1:11)
There is a different kind of laughter at stupid things humans do. God is described as laughing in derision at the nations, at their boastful words, which come to nothing, and at the confusion their foolish course against him brings. (Ps 59:8) He knows his own power and purposes, and he laughs at the puny, futile opposition they bring against him and his people. (Ps 2:1-4) A wise person surely wants to avoid having Jehovah laugh at him. (Pr 1:26) While Jehovah has no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Eze 18:23,*32), he is unworried over their plots against his people and laughs because he sees the day of deliverance for the righteous, in which the schemes of the wicked will fail and wickedness will be ended forever.—Ps 37:12, 13,*20.
James, the half brother of Jesus showed a little sarcasm when some believed they could be saved by faith alone. "19*You believe there is one God, do you? You are doing quite well. And yet the demons believe and shudder. 20*But do you care to know, O empty man, that faith apart from works is inactive?" (James 2:19-20)
There is a different kind of laughter at stupid things humans do. God is described as laughing in derision at the nations, at their boastful words, which come to nothing, and at the confusion their foolish course against him brings. (Ps 59:8) He knows his own power and purposes, and he laughs at the puny, futile opposition they bring against him and his people. (Ps 2:1-4) A wise person surely wants to avoid having Jehovah laugh at him. (Pr 1:26) While Jehovah has no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Eze 18:23,*32), he is unworried over their plots against his people and laughs because he sees the day of deliverance for the righteous, in which the schemes of the wicked will fail and wickedness will be ended forever.—Ps 37:12, 13,*20.
James, the half brother of Jesus showed a little sarcasm when some believed they could be saved by faith alone. "19*You believe there is one God, do you? You are doing quite well. And yet the demons believe and shudder. 20*But do you care to know, O empty man, that faith apart from works is inactive?" (James 2:19-20)
There was the time God punked Abraham and made him try to kill his son. And when David had to get 100 foreskins of Philistines to win the princess, and brought back 200 just to show what a badass he was. Or the time Jesus wouldn't save a gentile child's life, calling her a dog and that He wouldn't give the "children's bread" to a dog like her. She joked, "yeah, but the dogs can have the crumbs that drop on the floor." It made Jesus laugh so hard He decided to heal her child despite His racism.
There was the time God punked Abraham and made him try to kill his son. And when David had to get 100 foreskins of Philistines to win the princess, and brought back 200 just to show what a badass he was. Or the time Jesus wouldn't save a gentile child's life, calling her a dog and that He wouldn't give the "children's bread" to a dog like her. She joked, "yeah, but the dogs can have the crumbs that drop on the floor." It made Jesus laugh so hard He decided to heal her child despite His racism.
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Yes, Mark Driscoll says it better than I can though 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
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Yes, Mark Driscoll says it better than I can though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
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Yes, Mark Driscoll says it better than I can though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
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Yes, Mark Driscoll says it better than I can though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
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Yes, Mark Driscoll says it better than I can though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLlHLhinPA