Eph. 5:4<\/a> RSV)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nExcessive levity should be avoided because it inevitably results in a leakage of spiritual power.<\/p>\n
The preacher deals with serious issues, with life and death, with time and eternity. He may deliver a masterpiece of a message, and yet if there is undue humor in it, people are apt to remember the jokes and forget the rest.<\/p>\n
Oftentimes the power of a message can be dissipated by lighthearted conversation afterwards. A solemn Gospel appeal may result in the hush of eternity coming over a meeting. Yet when the people rise to leave, there is the buzz of social chatter. People talk about the football scores or the business of the day. Little wonder that the Holy Spirit is grieved and nothing happens for God.<\/p>\n
Elders who are forever cracking jokes have little real spiritual impact on young people who look to them for inspiration. They might think that their wit ingratiates them with the young, but the truth is that the latter feel a keen sense of disappointment and disillusionment.<\/p>\n
A form of levity that is especially harmful is making puns on the Bible, using passages of Scripture to get a laugh rather than to change a life. Every time we pun on the Bible, we lower its sense of authority in our own lives and in the lives of others.<\/p>\n
This does not mean that a believer must be a gloomy Gus, without a trace of humor showing. It means rather that he should control his humor so that it will not cancel out his message.<\/p>\n
Kierkegaard tells of the circus clown who ran into a town to cry out that the circus tent on the outskirts was on fire. The people listened to his cries and roared with laughter. He had been clowning so much that he had lost his credibility.<\/p>\n
Charles Simeon kept a picture of Henry Martyn in his study. Wherever Simeon went in the room, it seemed that Martyn was following him with his eyes and saying, \u201cBe earnest, be earnest; don\u2019t trifle, don\u2019t trifle.\u201d And Simeon would reply, \u201cYes, I will be in earnest; I will, I will be in earnest; I will not trifle, for souls are perishing, and Jesus is to be glorified.\u201d<\/p>\n
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14. Mai<\/p>\n
\u00bbAuch Sch\u00e4ndlichkeit und albernes Geschw\u00e4tz oder Witzelei, welche sich nicht\u00a0geziemen \u2026\u00ab\u00a0Epheser 5,4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nWir sollten allzu lockeres Betragen vermeiden, weil es zum Verlust geistlicher\u00a0Kraft f\u00fchrt.<\/p>\n
Der Prediger behandelt gewaltige und ernste Themen wie Leben und Tod, Zeit\u00a0und Ewigkeit. Vielleicht gibt er eine meisterhafte Botschaft, aber wenn sie zu viel\u00a0Humor enth\u00e4lt, erinnern sich die Zuh\u00f6rer meist nur noch an die Witze und vergessen\u00a0das \u00dcbrige.<\/p>\n
Oft verfliegt die Sto\u00dfkraft einer Botschaft durch eine oberfl\u00e4chliche Unterhaltung\u00a0danach. Ein feierlicher Bekehrungsaufruf kann bewirken, dass sich im nachfolgenden\u00a0Schweigen der Eindruck der Ewigkeit auf die Versammlung\u00a0senkt. Doch wenn die\u00a0Besucher aufstehen und gehen, h\u00f6rt man das Stimmengewirr des Alltagsgeredes. Die\u00a0Leute reden \u00fcber die Fu\u00dfballergebnisse\u00a0oder die Tagespolitik. Kein Wunder, dass der\u00a0Heilige Geist betr\u00fcbt\u00a0wird und nichts f\u00fcr Gott geschieht.<\/p>\n
\u00c4lteste, die st\u00e4ndig Witze rei\u00dfen, haben wenig echten geistlichen Einfluss auf\u00a0junge Menschen, die zu ihnen als Vorbilder aufschauen. Sie denken\u00a0vielleicht, dass\u00a0ihr Humor den Jungen imponiert, aber Letztere haben ein feines Gesp\u00fcr f\u00fcr solche\u00a0Dinge und f\u00fchlen sich dann oft entt\u00e4uscht und desillusioniert.<\/p>\n
Eine Form von Albernheit, die besonders sch\u00e4dlich ist, ist die Verwendung\u00a0der\u00a0Bibel f\u00fcr Witze, indem wir Schriftstellen hernehmen, um jemand zum Lachen zu\u00a0bringen, anstatt sein Leben zu ver\u00e4ndern. Jedes Mal wenn wir \u00fcber die Bibel witzeln,\u00a0schw\u00e4chen wir das Gesp\u00fcr f\u00fcr ihre Autorit\u00e4t in unserem Leben und dem Leben\u00a0anderer.<\/p>\n
Das hei\u00dft nun nicht, dass der Gl\u00e4ubige keinen Sinn f\u00fcr Humor haben darf. Es\u00a0bedeutet einfach, dass er seinen Humor so unter Kontrolle haben sollte, dass seine\u00a0Botschaft dadurch nicht verwischt oder verf\u00e4lscht wird.<\/p>\n
Kierkegaard erz\u00e4hlt von dem Zirkusclown, der in die Stadt rannte und schrie, dass\u00a0sein Zirkuszelt am Stadtrand in Flammen stehe. Die Menschen h\u00f6rten sein Schreien\u00a0und Flehen und br\u00fcllten vor Lachen. Niemand glaubte\u00a0ihm.<\/p>\n
Charles Simeon hatte in seinem Arbeitszimmer ein Bild von Henry Martyn\u00a0h\u00e4ngen.\u00a0Wo immer Simeon in seinem Studierzimmer hinging, schien ihm Martyn mit\u00a0seinem Blick zu folgen und zu sagen: \u00bbSei ernst, sei ernst; t\u00e4ndle nicht, t\u00e4ndle nicht.\u00ab\u00a0Und Simeon pflegte zu antworten: \u00bbJa, ich will ernst sein; ich will, ich will ernst\u00a0sein; ich will nicht t\u00e4ndeln, denn Seelen gehen verloren, und Jesus muss verherrlicht\u00a0werden.\u00ab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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