Sick Jokes And Troubled Sinful Folks - By Synthia Esther

DIRTY JOKES BY SINFUL FOLKS

By Synthia Esther
January 17, 2016

Laughter is contagious, and most everyone will agree they like to laugh.  I know people who are quick to lighten the mood around them, ever ready with a good joke.  Always the life of a crowd, such persons most often draw attention to themselves being a personality jokester.  They are politicians in many ways, seeking the blessed favor of the day.  

There are clean jokes, and there are dirty, borderline jokes.  What we laugh about says a lot about who we are in spirit and in truth.  When you find yourself in the company of a person who likes to tell a dirty or off color joke (sexual, racial, attacking, derogatory, or shaming) you may want to carefully weigh the following questions:

*  Should I be laughing at this joke or praying for this person's soul?

*  Is sin a joke?

*  Would Jesus Christ laugh at blatant sin?

MERRIMENT, GOOD WILL, AND LAUGHTER - EPHESIANS FIVE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION

Filthiness, foolish talking, or jesting, is not funny, nor humorous to those who desire to live and walk in the light of God's love and wise counsel (Ephesians 5:3-4).  

Do not be deceived, for unclean persons speaking vain, unclean words, is disobedient, and brings God's wrath (Ephesians 5:5-6).  Much of what some people laugh at they should be crying over.  For sin is only fun for a season (Hebrews 11:25).  

For such persons living in a world of immorality and flighty, crude fun, sin and laughter, are ultimately doomed for all eternity unless they repent and give their life to Jesus Christ (John 3:16-17; Romans 10:10).

When our hearts are right with God, unclean lips fall upon the dead silence of holy, spiritual conviction.  Silence, not laughter, is the response to any and all unclean activity.  Imagine what would happen if you were in a crowd of sinful folks telling dirty jokes and you closed your eyes and began to whisper prayers for their souls. 

 If born again Christians are to be the light of the world, our actions and reactions to the world around us, speak louder than slighted words filled with vain intentions. 

I once dated a professed professional, born again Christian man who, early in our relationship,  laughed whole heartedly at a dirty joke said by an immediate female family member.  I let his reaction pass at the time, and continued dating him, only to find this incident was a keen indicator of the future.  His profession of Christ was in name only, as he lived a double life filled with sexually vile sins (reference our free ministry outreach resource and educational website to learn more: www.sexhisway.com, 

From the abundance of the mouth the heart speaks (Luke 6:45).   One must never under estimate God's wise Holy Biblical counsel!  What we watch and listen to matters, including media outlets, television, Internet, and any other technological outlets filled with unholy vice.  

We are literally living in a world filled with sin, which we who are born again should not desire to partake of.  As we separate and sanctify our lives unto Christ Jesus our Lord, we grow in faith and the desire to be a witness for Him.  When our joy and laughter stem forth from a heart dedicated to living in the flow of His favor, we are blessed!  For it was He who desired to provide and give us a blessed life filled with hope and a future! - Jeremiah 29:11,  John 3:16-17.

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