Fight for Your Family Ridicule

Fight for Your Family

Ridicule

Sanballat was an angry man who did not want to see the walls of Jerusalem rebuilt

His method of attack is one of the most common forms of attack

Ridicule…“the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior.”

Another word is mocking

Sadly, this form of attack is widely used, it is said

“Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool”

Ridicule comes in many forms, one of the most common is comedy

Getting others to laugh at the things we do not like or hate

Ridicule is usually the first form of attack

Jesus in Matthew 5 speaks about the strongest form of ridicule

Jesus tells us how to deal with hate 

Don’t get off focus in building truth and wisdom

Let God avenge

 The way to fight for our families is with love and good deeds

Ridicule

Sanballat was an angry man who did not

 want to see the walls of Jerusalem rebuilt.

His method of attack is one of the

most common forms of attack…

Ridicule

Ridicule is…

“the subjection of someone or something to

contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior.”

Another word is mocking.

Sadly, this form of attack is widely used.

 It is said…

“Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.”

Ridicule comes in many forms.

 One of the most common is comedy…

Getting others to laugh at the

things we do not like or hate.

Ridicule is usually the first form of attack.

Jesus in Matthew 5 speaks

about the strongest form of ridicule…

You have heard that it was said to the men of old, You shall not kill, and whoever kills shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court.

But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice (enmity of heart) against him shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court; and whoever speaks contemptuously and insultingly to his brother shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, You cursed fool! [You empty-headed idiot!] shall be liable to and unable to escape the hell (Gehenna) of fire.

Matthew 5:21-23 AMP

Ridicule is the manifestation of anger and hatred.

We all hate it when we are ridiculed.

The natural response is to retaliate.

To repay evil with evil.

In Romans 12:21we are told…

Do not be overcome by evil,

but overcome evil with good.

When Sanballat was ridiculing

Nehemiah for rebuilding the wall…

 He did not let it sidetrack him from

the main objective, to build the wall.

If…

“Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.”

Then don’t get caught up in the fool’s game.

The saying “fight fire with fire” is

not true when you are fighting ridicule.

Ridicule is effective in two ways…

Ridicule promotes anger and hate, not love.

It takes your attention and

focus off what you should be doing.

Be sure you build your family walls with wisdom…

Sound principles that will stand up against criticism.

If our children see us engaging ridicule

and mocking with ridicule and mocking remarks…

They may miss the defense of the wall.

The wall that protects our families

is a wall of truth and wisdom.

It is truth and wisdom that guards us.

Romans 12 also tells us to leave the wrath up to God.

It is not our job to take revenge.

The contrary response we are given is…

"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;

if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.

In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."  

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:20-21

Fighting for your family is not easy.

God’s design of the family is being

ridiculed in almost every movie and

TV show your family is watching.

Sadly, the more society hears something

the more it begins to accept it.

 

But on the other hand the more good society

sees, the more people begin to accept it.

So build your family on love and truth.

Let the strength of your good overcome evil.

Fighting the Sanballat’s ridicule

is the job of the family of God.

The church around the world is pro-family.

Together families share life

 together and become stronger.

You and I are not alone in the fight for the family.

We need the church and the church

needs us to keep the family strong.

Many are tired of the failure of family in society

and they are looking for help with their families.

The same doors that are open to members

are open to those looking for help.

 Therefore, we all need to clearly sound

the trumpet as watchmen.

 We all need to be ready to fight against evil.

And we all need to be building with truth and wisdom.

Remember God is our Father…

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,

is God in his holy dwelling.

God sets the lonely in families,

he leads forth the prisoners with singing;

but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

Psalm 68:5-6

   

Scripture Reading

Nehemiah 4:12-14 NIV

12 Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, "Wherever you turn, they will attack us."

13 Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. 14 After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes."