![]() Remember Demi Moore? No? Here's a convenient tidbit to jog your memory: She's supposedly not pleased that her estranged husband Ashton Kutcher (yep, they're still legally married) is rumored to be getting serious with Mila Kunis.Katie Holmes is trying very hard to pretend like she's just another average New Yorker by riding the subway, and she is failing."Party of Five" is paging Patrick Dempsey's Derek Sheperd - Neve Campbell's been cast as the doc's sister for a multi-episode arc.We're unclear if the reason NBC's planned reboot of "The Munsters" will now air as a Halloween special is because it's too good to scrap or because it's scary bad.The hope for a possible sex tape still springs eternal, though. After Justin Bieber's computer and camera were stolen, there was brief furor over a potential naked pic, but the hardworking Internet has since debunked the theory that this headless naked guy with a bird tattoo is Justin Bieber.Like an annual early holiday present, Rihanna's lined up another new album for November, complete with a topless photo serving as the album cover.Those who delight in scorning and mocking God’s judgments will one day be suffering under severe adversity only to look up to God in the heavens who will be howling with laughter and shooting out His lip in ridicule of them. The judgment that follows the rejection of God’s reproof is not a possibility but a promise.Notice that the LORD said that He will mock when, not if, their fear comes.Mock – To hold up to ridicule to deride to assail with scornful words or gestures.God will not only laugh at those who despise His words, but will also mock.Turnabout is fair play: as Jesus said to the wicked, “woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep” (Luk 6:25).When the wisdom of God walked the earth and spoke the truth to men they laughed him to scorn (Mat 9:24).In that they scorned Him, God simply responds in kind, “answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit” (Pro 26:5).But recall that these fools set at nought ( to scorn) God’s counsel (Pro 1:25).This may seem cruel of God to laugh at the anguish of sinners, even though they brought it upon themselves.The Lord laughs at the wicked who plot against the just (Psa 37:12-13 Psa 59:8).Derision – The action of deriding or laughing to scorn ridicule, mockery.Every instance of the LORD laughing in scripture is the laughter of derision (Psa 2:2-4).God has a sense of humor, laughing at the calamity of fools who hate knowledge and despise reproof.If it seems far-fetched that such calamity could result from rejecting wisdom’s counsel, then just ask the approximately one fourth of all young adults who are suffering the grievous affliction of sexually transmitted diseases because they rejected wisdom’s ample warning to “flee fornication” (1Co 6:18).If this seems severe, remember that “it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb 10:31).The judgment for repeatedly rejecting wisdom is not a slap on the hand or a mild reprimand but rather grievous affliction, deep distress, and misery.Destruction is the result of stubborn ignorance (Hos 4:6).Calamity – The state or condition of grievous affliction or adversity deep distress, trouble, or misery, arising from some adverse circumstance or event.The punishment for repeatedly choosing to hate knowledge (Pro 1:22) and refuse reproof (Pro 1:25) is calamity.Pro 1:26 – “I also will laugh at your calamity I will mock when your fear cometh ” Click here for the entire series and the outline.ġ.
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