1. HUMOR IN THE BIBLE

2. Humor Umor a Latin word for “fluid”
Personality attributed to excess of bodily fluids:
Choleric Jonah (excess of yellow bile)
Melancholy Jeremiah (excess of black bile)
Phlegmatic Lot (excess of phlegm)
Sanguine Joab (excess of blood)
“in a bad humor” “in a bad mood”

3. Humor in the Bible God made us with a sense of humor
God wrote the Bible 2 Pet. 1:19-21; 2 Tim. 3:16 (not for our amusement)
Incongruity is one of the most basic elements of humor
Situational Humor Esther
Psalm 2:4 God will laugh
Isaiah 28:7-14, Micah 1:10-16 word play

4. Humor of Jesus
Isaac (“laughter”) foreshadows Jesus Gen. 17:5,15-19; 18:9-15; 21:1-7; 22:1-18
Nicknames for disciples Matt. 16:18
Matt. 5:3-10; 7:2-4, Matt. 23:24
Matt. 19:30-20:16 many first will be last, and the last first…so the last will be first, and the first last

5. Humor in the Bible Mark 5:21-43
Synagogue ruler Jairus worships Jesus in advance Matt. 9:
“Who touched Me?”Disciples’ response
Woman hemorrhaged blood for 12 years
Her finances hemorrhaged for 12 years
“She is not dead but sleeping”
They laughed Him to scorn v.53
The last laugh Matt. 9:26

6. Humor in Your Life Why do we laugh? Wrong motives
Eph. 5:3 filthy language & course jesting
Prov. 29:9 Laughing a weak response to wisdom
Prov. 14:12-14 humor without God is empty
Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who weep now for you shall laugh
GET THE LAST LAUGH