S3:025 Proverbs 26
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Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX
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🗓️ 2 February 2024
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Summary
Laughter, jokes, teasing, all of these things are common practice for people. But how can a believer know when a joke as gone too far? How can we be Christ-like even in the way we joke? Today Emma Dotter breaks down this question in light of Proverbs 26.
Additional Scripture Used in this Podcast:
Hebrews 10:30, “For we know him who said, ‘Vengeance is mine; I will repay.’ And again, ‘The Lord will judge his people.’”
Luke 6:31, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Galatians 5:14, “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Romans 13:10, “Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”
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| 0:00.0 | All right, all right, join the Journey family, friends, and guests. You're listening to Join the Journey |
| 0:06.0 | podcast with your host, Emma Daughter. Thanks for joining. Today is day two of Watermark's 21 days |
| 0:15.1 | of prayer running February 1st through 21st of 2024. So if you were listening to this episode, the day it comes out, or even a few |
| 0:23.3 | days after, you can find all of the resources for our 21 days of prayer in fasting at watermark.org |
| 0:29.7 | slash pray. Today, we're reading Proverbs 26, but we are specifically focusing on verse 19. Have you ever heard someone make |
| 0:39.1 | a hurtful comment and then say, take a joke, or it was just a joke? As the oldest of four kids, |
| 0:45.2 | who definitely had our moments of bickering, that was a phrase that definitely bounced around |
| 0:50.5 | from time to time. You're joking with your siblings, and then one thing gets under |
| 0:54.3 | somebody's skin and leads to another, and then the comments kind of escalate. You guys know how it goes. |
| 0:59.8 | And eventually, somebody's feelings get hurt. But we were just joking. Chill out. It's not that big of a |
| 1:07.8 | deal. Can't you take a joke? Can't you remove all of your emotions as we |
| 1:13.1 | laugh at your expense? Ever been there? Maybe you were the joke maker or maybe you were the butt of it. |
| 1:20.4 | But regardless of whichever role you've played, the reality is the Bible calls this kind of talk |
| 1:25.8 | wrong. It's that simple. When our speech dishonors someone |
| 1:30.6 | else or hurts their feelings, we shouldn't dismiss it or excuse it or invalidate those feelings. |
| 1:36.5 | To say, I was only joking when someone is hurt is to sin. Proverbs 26 versus 18 and 19 read, like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death |
| 1:47.9 | is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, I'm only joking. There's an exclamation point. I've |
| 1:53.7 | got to say it with that emphasis. I'm only joking. So let's break that down. Read in the ESV, |
| 1:59.6 | the first line reads, like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death. But in the NLT, the New Living |
| 2:06.3 | Translation, we read, just as damaging as a madman shooting a deadly weapon. So one way to |
| 2:13.0 | ensure we're using good Bible study method is to consult various translations when we observe, |
| 2:18.4 | interpret, and apply the text. While translations like the ESV or the NASB are more apt for theological |
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