Laughing At Jesus. In Luke 16:13-14 the Lord was teaching His disciples – with the Pharisees listening in, as they often did. Please accept my most heartfelt thanks for providing me with this material.”. But they turned to the one whom they thought was their enemy and they trusted him. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Once again, let’s apply this to everything else which Christ Jesus has said. Laughing at Jesus (click on the title above to listen to the sermon) The woman knew she could not simply walk through the crowd of people to speak to Jesus. It’s not about logic; it’s about sin and your native rebellion against the authority of God. There's no record of Jesus laughing in the gospels just like there's no record of Jesus ever giving anyone a hug. And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. This was my theme last Sunday night, but many of you were not here, so let me give you a brief outline. And that went on for years. But Jesus went into the house, took the hand of this 12 year old, and said “Little girl, get up!” And she does! Compassionate on his feelings, praying, listening, healing, teaching. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair and madness.” He who cannot laugh at himself, is a proud and dangerous man. Some laughed at the thought that He was, “He (was) despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. And they cannot make it right again. But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have ALL the heathen in derision.”, I’ll close this morning with Psalm 2 – you may turn there if you’d like to follow. The more and more I learn about Jesus, the more convinced I become that Jesus was not only a man “acquainted with grief and sorrow” but was also a man full of joy and laughter. It needs to be understood that there are three kinds of death – physical, spiritual and eternal. According to Hebrews 1 - Jesus was the happiest guy who ever lived, happier than anyone else and happier than any of his friends. It has been confirmed. Repent of your scorn before it is eternally too late. .” Stage directions for reading this would perhaps indicate that the laughter here is the laughter of relief, not laughter at a person, but laughter with a person—in this case, laughter among the members of the Trinity. And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Matthew 9:23-25 – “And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. Those people who were laughing at Christ misunderstood the Biblical doctrine of DEATH. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Some laughed at the thought that He was a king. Psychologists often tell us that “hurting people hurt people” and perhaps these hurting people were just lashing out. Selah. And these people love to laugh with Jesus. I could even forward you some horrendous pictures, videos and stories about people who have been in deadly accidents doing just what I saw you doing. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.”. But we don't often think about Jesus laughing do we? The result in each case was great rejoicing. There is a group in Portage, Michigan called “The Fellowship of Merry Christians.”. 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