Canned Laughter

Isaiah 5:20-21 English Standard Version

20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!

This verse came to mind yesterday as I listened to an old television show that was filmed without a live audience. The writers had to tell the sound effects technicians where to place the canned laughter so that the audience would know where to laugh. This was to tell us what is funny.

So much of what is laid before our faces today is saying to us, “This is right so accept it.” It is presented with the intention of acceptance which gives the appearance of what is right like canned laughter. If we hear acceptance by others we are expected to accept it as being right.

Those who declare “I have the right” do not determine what is holy and good. Their free will and acceptance by others who are afflicted with the same maladies does not determine what is right in the eyes of God. They neither believe in God nor His sovereign right to justice. They cannot be punished if there is no God.

This modern “canned laughter” is the scriptwriter telling us what is good, what is light, what is sweet, and that this is what we should accept. They expect that if we see it, eventually we will accept it. Just like the old time canned laughter where we were being told what is funny and where to laugh, they expect our acceptance.

Read the Word of God. Believe the Word of God. Live by the Word of God and know His Word is true.

“Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!”

Woe in deed.