racist or not racist?

[SueZQ]

Bless you, Delilah!

You are correct, the joke was racist. But take heart, you did catch yourself! That's the Holy Spirit working in your heart. He exposes the dross in our life so that it can be stripped away.

My guess is that you have some hurt feelings in your heart against "the whites" (and I have no offense to being called "white" ). This statement provoked it out. I can say this because I have been through this myself, only concerning a completely different subject matter, where the HS showed me I was laughing at something I should not.

So here is what you do. You confess your sin to the Lord and ask Him to purify your heart. If there is an offense in your heart, you need to forgive whoever it was that hurt you. I know that it seems unfair to forgive those that hurt you. But truly it is the only way to free yourself. God is just; He'll take care of disciplining the guilty. You have to trust Him in this.

And remember, "He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin."

So it is good that you realized what you were doing. OK, we all have hateful attitudes in our hearts towards somebody or some group that we have to deal with. So this doesn't make you a horrible person. OK? Thank the Lord for exposing the sin of your heart and take it to the cross.

Remember, racism is just a categorizing of hatred. It is no worse than any other form of hatred. It's all sin, and we are all guilty. Yet we are all redeemed by the Cross.

The blood of Jesus washes us whiter than snow. You confessed your sin, now receive the Lord's forgiveness.

OK?

The Lord bless you!

A big AMEN!!!!

[Giaour]

Shameful

[firehill]

Jokes are fine with no bad feelings intended.

Laugh a little!

[AnotherTraveler]

What I'm going to say will probably get this thread moved to Controversial Isuues, but I'm white, and when I read it just now, I laughed.

I'm white and I laughed too when I read this.

Humor is often a result of the irony in what is said, and considering the day was to honor a man famous for his non violent message, the irony is found in the absurdity of the suggestion.

Bless you, Delilah! You are being so careful in this, and so honest to share your response with all of us. I would never believe that you are in any way racist.

[followerofjesus]

Is it true he had a fun baby & committed adultery?

[Guest lnj]

Is it true he had a fun baby & committed adultery?

I don't know, is it true? But the question was - is laughing at the joke a racist act? Let's not get off track. I'm sure if EVERYONE HERE is to be HONEST , we would all confess to having laughed at jokes mocking everything that has been deemed not politically or ethically correct. EVERYONE OF US.

[nebula]

The question is: Would Jesus have laughed?

Remember, our standards are not "what everyone does, but what pleases our Lord.

[Guest lnj]

The question is: Would Jesus have laughed?

Remember, our standards are not "what everyone does, but what pleases our Lord.

I would say Jesus would NOT have laughed but man on the other hand is not Jesus. WE know we also should NOT laugh but unfortunately WE DO. I personally take offense to ALL RACE related jokes, being of mixed race heritage.

[nebula]

No, man is not Jesus, and yes man does fall short of the mark (that is the root word/expression for sin in Hebrew, after all).

So, what do we do when we find ourselves missing the mark like this? Just accept our imperfection? Or acknowledge where we have fallen short, repent, ask the Lord make your heart clean in this, and move on in His forgiveness and redemption?

"We all do it" is good words for staving off condemnation. But having done so, one needs to be encouraged to take this to the Lord, shouldn't they?

[Guest lnj]

No, man is not Jesus, and yes man does fall short of the mark (that is the root word/expression for sin in Hebrew, after all).

So, what do we do when we find ourselves missing the mark like this? Just accept our imperfection? Or acknowledge where we have fallen short, repent, ask the Lord make your heart clean in this, and move on in His forgiveness and redemption?

"We all do it" is good words for staving off condemnation. But having done so, one needs to be encouraged to take this to the Lord, shouldn't they?

Of course, we confess, repent and hope to goodness that it's a fair dinkum repentance and try,try and try again to remember who dwells in our MIDST and who WE REPRESENT. For by ones fruit they shall know us...alot of people read that as meaning by all your MANY GOOD WORKS they shall know us but it's really your outward actions and the NEW behaviour that is now replacing what is old and being cut off.