“No way! Jesus doesn’t have a sense of humor. He’s always serious about matters that are important to Him, like salvation, Israel and abortion,” he said.
I was shocked. “What?” I blurted, not thinking of a more clever comeback than that.
“You heard me,” he said with his arms folded in a defiant mood.
I shook myself. “So, who created humor – the devil?” No longer tongue tied, I took aim at his ignorance.
He shrugged. “I don’t know,” he said without a smile. “But I do know that Jesus has no sense of humor.” He turned and walked away.
The best I could offer was a loud sigh. So there!
This conversation took place with another Christian, a committed one. He actually believed that his point of view was accurate. Yipes! But who knows, maybe, you agree with him. And maybe, you want me to prove that Jesus has a sense of humor from scriptures, right?
Try this on for size:
At the beginning of Mark 7, Jesus puts down the Pharisees’ and Jews’ tradition of washing their hands and utensils to make sure that no uncleanliness defiles their bodies. The Lord proclaims that it is not the outward stuff that defiles a person, but the inner sins that causes problems.
Now flip to the end of Mark 7, what does Jesus do? He heals a deaf person with a speech impediment. How does He do it? He puts His fingers in His ears and spits on the man’s tongue. The man is healed.
Talk about something from the outside defiling a person. Dirty yucky spit. Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! It was as if the Teacher wanted to underline His message with a great big, “Gotcha” and a wink.
Want another example?
Look at the wedding in John 2, check out how much wine Jesus created for the party. It works out to something like two or three gallons per person. I’d guess that there was a lot of laughing, dancing and giggling at this party late into the night, right?
There are many other examples throughout scripture. And guess what? It’s fun searching for them.
Swimming Upstream appears at this blog site on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It’s a little of this and a little of that, all written to encourage and exhort believers in their Christian jouneys.
Larry Who 