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[Summer Wine]

Maybe you could say he has a funny sort of humor, if you take the example of him walking on water, then asking his disciples to join him.

1st "Come on Peter, anyone can do it" 2nd "Hah, fooled you".

Just kidding.

But you could see him or someone getting a kick out of it. Anyway, if Christ is the Son of God and God created Humanity and humanity has a sense of humor and its only true that you create what you know and so therefore he must have humor.

[rapier]

An example of biblical humor is the donkey speaking some words of advice to a wise man.

(Num. 22:21-35)
21 So Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 Then God��s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the way to oppose him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside from the way and went into the field. And Balaam beat the donkey, to turn her back to the road. 24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side. 25 And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam��s foot against the wall, and so he beat her again. 26 Then the angel of the LORD went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left. 27 So when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam��s anger was kindled, and he beat his donkey with a staff. 28 Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, ��What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?�� 29 And Balaam said to the donkey, ��Because you have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you.�� 30 And the donkey said to Balaam, ��Am not I your donkey, upon which you have ridden ever since I was yours unto this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?�� And he said, ��No.�� 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head, and fell on his face. 32 And the angel of the LORD said to him, ��Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you, because what you are doing is perverse before me. 33 The donkey saw me, and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have slain you, but saved her alive.��

[Harpeau]

My favorite Palm Sunday sermon is "Let Jesus use your Ass!"

One of the funniest websites!

www.landoverbaptist.org

[Xian]

Maybe funny to some.

Luke 4:1-2
1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

Hungy after 40 days of fasting, no way!
A case of stating the obvious.

The next one is a dark context. The battle between the prophets of Baal and Eliah, the prophet of Israel.
Context. Many Israelistes had turned away from God to worship Baal. It was a showdown to see which was really God by seeing whose sacrifice would be burnt up. As the prophets of Baal were getting no respone from their god after crying out to him from morning to midday, Elijah started mocking them.

1 Kin 18:27
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. "Shout louder!" he said. "Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened."

The passage gets a little ugly after that.

[Xian]

Check this link out.

http://www.reverendfun.com/?date=20030207

Not exactly as it was in Scripture, but I find it very funny.

[Harpeau]

Making free wine at wedding parties makes Jesus great for wine-tasting gatherings. Shiraz is nice!

[fiveeagles]

How about this for sarcasm???

7 ��Brace yourself, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. 8 Are you going to discredit my justice and condemn me so you can say you are right? 9 Are you as strong as God, and can you thunder with a voice like his? 10 All right then, put on your robes of state, your majesty and splendor. 11 Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud. 12 Humiliate the proud with a glance; walk on the wicked where they stand. 13 Bury them in the dust. Imprison them in the world of the dead. 14 Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.

Then there is Jesus entrusting the gospel to 12 obscure, weak men. Quite foolish in nature, not exactly brain surgeons. God trusted the world to these men?

Or the time Peter makes this huge gaffe,

28Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening. 30And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah, 31who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him. 33Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, ��Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah��—not knowing what he said. 34While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were fearful as they entered the cloud. 35And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, ��This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!�� 36When the voice had ceased, Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet, and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

Imagine such an amazing time and then making such an ace of yourself. It's almost a homer simpson episode with Peter.

One of the things I love most about God is His humor.

[kermo]

Actually, that Elijah v. Prophets of Baal episode reminded me of one of the silliest stories in the Old Testament... (I won't give away the ending, but all I have to say is: 42?????)

2 Kings 2

[doublejeopardy]

Jesus, I don't know about but God absolutely has a sense of humour, and a sick one at that. I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours....

Have you never listened to depeche mode, you young whipper snappers? When I die, I expect to find her(him? it?!) laughing.

[Harpeau]

[mithridates]

I imagine it to be more of a wry sense of humour when explaining things through analogies than a comedian-style sense of humour. Like when talking about being a hypocrite:
"So you turn to your neighbour and say, 'hold on a sec, I see a speck in your eye. Let me just take it out there,' but hold on a sec, what's that in your eye? A whole *beep* plank, that's what's in there. Uh, how about taking that plank out first and then turn to the speck in the other dude's eye that you thought to be so important before. It's not such a big deal now, is it? Take care of your own problems first before you attend to others."

For all we know that's the way Jesus actually talked. The reaction of people around Him would be more to kind of chuckle and maybe nod to each other ("I think the dude's right") than a 10-second pause for hilarity like in a comedy club.

[rapier]

There is not a lot of humour apparent in the bible. What there is, is not obvious, and made all the more difficult for modern people to understand as the language and cultural references have changed.

While God would appear to have a sense of humour, Jesus' mission was not to be a comedian.

If you look at the foundation of a lot of humour..it comes down to:

1) Laughing at other peoples misfortune
2) Finding flaws in others, making fun of them.
3) Degrading or belittling what is essentially good..
4) Mocking others weakness
5) Coarse sex humour which degrades sexuality

etc etc. Now while we're all trying to prove God has a big sense of humour, I don't think you'll find he has one based on those things. A lot of humour is dealt with pride, and arrogance, insecurity or barbed to hurt, tease or insult. This is not a Christian trait. Jesus exemplifies opposite qualities: humility, patience, sincerity- so I don't think you'll find him using sarcasm or other low forms of wit.

As I said before...I think the best sense of Godly humour would probably be: a joyous celebration of colorful or absurd in creation. For example, seeing the most masterful, adept flier the albatross falling head over heels whenever it lands, and so on. Other times I see a triumphalist humour as God gloats over the devil or his evil enemies.

But as for the rest? Not really.

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