A moment of moral collapse.

A public scene.

A viral clip.

And now, a meme.

 

You’ve likely seen it by now — the video of a married couple caught in the act of adultery at a concert. In a matter of hours, their shame was broadcast across the internet. Laughter erupted. Memes were made. People joked, posted, and passed it along like a digital scarlet letter. The internet did what it always does: it took real people, real sin, real pain — and turned it into entertainment.

 

But what is most deeply concerning is how many Christians have joined in. We, Christ's bride — the people of the cross — those who profess that Christ was crushed for iniquities just like this — have not grieved, but have joined in on the world's latest amusement. We have not wept, but laughed. We have not interceded, but have entertained ourselves.

 

And in doing so we have forgotten a most basic truth: the cross does not laugh at sin, but condemns it with pure, holy divine wrath.

 

Grieving What Grieves God

The apostle Paul commands us,

 

“Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light” (Eph. 5:11–12)

 

The world mocks because it lies in darkness. But we — those who have been brought into the light — know better. We know that sin is no laughing matter. It is the very reason Christ's stretch forth His hands on the bloody cross. It is the greatest enemy we were rescued from. And it is the path that leads to divine judgment unless rescued by divine sovereign grace.

 

What happened at that concert should not have become a digital spectacle laughed at by Christians, but a world-wide prayer meeting for that man, woman, and their families involved.

 

These Are Not Characters — They Are Souls

When sin goes viral, it's easy to forget that behind the pixels are people. Flesh and blood. Souls with eternal destinies. A husband. A wife. A family. Covenant vows made and broken. Lives unraveling in real time. Whether or not they are repentant, whether or not they feel shame, they are not beyond the reach of mercy. The blood of Christ is sufficient for them — just as it was sufficient for us.

 

But when we laugh with the world at sin, we stop standing with Christ against it. When we laugh at fallen and humiliated sinners, we deny the very mercy that saved us. When we turn real human shame into content, we trade holiness for humor and forget that "such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor. 6:11).

 

Not of This World

Our Lord prayed for His people: “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world” (John 17:16). The church is not just called to merely act and believe differently from the world, but to feel differently — to be grieved where the world is amused, to show compassion where the world shows contempt, to offer hope when the world offers hell.

 

Christian, you were not saved to become an entertainer of sin. You were saved to become a witness of God's amazing grace. There is a better way. A Christ-like way. A way that does not shrug at sin or laugh at it — but weeps over it and points to the Savior who bore it.

 

Lament, not Laugh

There is a kind of holy sorrow that reflects the heart of God — the sorrow that sees the headlines and sighs, “O Lord, have mercy.” The sorrow that remembers our own sin and marvels at His grace. The sorrow that intercedes for strangers and speaks the truth in love. This sorrow is not weak. It is not joyless. It is not legalistic. It is deeply Christian. Remember our Lord's words: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matt. 5:4). The world is laughing its way into judgment, but let the church be different. Let us have a holy laughter at good and pure things. But let us never laugh or entertain ourselves with those sins for which Christ died.

 

A Final Word

Perhaps you’ve shared the meme. Perhaps you’ve commented on it. Perhaps you’ve scrolled past without a second thought. But now the Spirit pricks your heart. Do not harden it.

 

Repent.

Confess.

Weep for what should make us weep.

And plead for the very thing Christ came to give — that sinners, even scandalized and shamed ones, might be saved.

 

During this time let the world laugh, but the church lament. "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life" (Prov. 4:23). And may God, in His rich mercy, turn even this moment of darkness into a story of redemption — not for the glory of man, but for the praise of His glorious grace.