Sin Isn’t Funny

By now, it is about 99.99% certain that you have seen the news story of a CEO getting caught at a concert hugging and swaying to music with an HR director of his company. The images and videos have bounced around the internet like crazy. It was shameful that, not only were these two not married, but they were both married to other people. Their sin found them out in a public and truly embarrassing way.

And it’s been sad to watch Christians laugh at it.

The way in which they got caught might be odd and a bit crazy; there’s no doubt about that. But I have seen scores of Christians share memes and jokes about this incident in the past few days, and it breaks my heart.

Sin is simply not funny. In fact, sin is profoundly unfunny.

It is not funny that two people were committing adultery. It is not funny that two marriages are now strained (at best) and possibly ending (at worst). It is not funny that any children or other family now have to live with what happened. It is not funny that careers were wrecked. It is not funny that friends have to deal with the pain and drama.

And, amazingly, those aren’t the worst things.

It is not funny that two souls are in jeopardy of going to hell.

It is hard for me to imagine God laughing at what these two people did. I cannot fathom Jesus and His apostles, at the end of a long day of ministry, cracking jokes about the sins of the Pharisees or the prostitutes or others with whom they interacted. It’s pretty far-fetched to think of Paul writing a letter to a congregation, telling them how to be faithful, and then putting his pen down and snickering over the sins that church was dealing with.

So, why are we so willing to make fun of the sins of other people? Why do we think it is okay to share memes that make adultery a laughing matter? Why do we make up jokes about what happened?

Sin is serious. Sin is soul-destroying. Lives, families, friendships, careers, communities, churches, reputations, finances, and more are crushed. And we laugh about it?

May God forgive us.

Sin is not funny.

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AUTHOR: Adam Faughn