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Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth

of God. You're listening to Daily Truth. With Christ, we're called to imitate him, right?

In all measures. Now, what people will say, well, look at Christ and we see how he mocks all the time.

Like, satire was one of the most favorite forms of Jesus in his discipleship.

He's constantly being satirical. I mean, even naming Peter the Rock was an irony.

It was poking fun. He picks his weakest, most emotionally, constantly fluctuating,

you know, disciple and says, you're the rock. I have no doubt that when Jesus did this,

the other disciples were snickering. We miss some of the satire of Jesus. We miss some of these

things. Now, here's the deal. So Jesus mocked the enemies of God.

Not always, but frequently.

Frequently.

Now, the Christian is going to say, well, we're called to imitate Christ, but only some

aspects of Christ.

So we should seek to imitate Christ as he loves.

Now, first and foremost, Jesus is God. All the attributes of God are always

present at all times. So as Jesus is telling, John chapter 8 that the Pharisees are sons of the devil,

he is not mocking and putting love on the back burner. He is mocking and loving. He is loving through

mockery. That's biblical. That's good. But the point that even if we did

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