IF DEFENDING YOU MEANS PUTTING UP WITH YOUR TANTRUMS AND ACCUSATIONS AND BAD MANNERS AND JUVENILE LOGIC, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND YOURSELF A LAWYER WHO CAN SWALLOW IT---NOT ME" - Perry Mason
"FRIEND," JESUS SAID, "WHO SET ME TO BE A
JUDGE OR ARBITRATOR OVER YOU?" (Luke 12:14)
I talked to a judge today and heard another man say he might need a lawyer. Do you ever find yourself being a lawyer, an arbitrator between two disputing people? How is it that so much greed and self-interests take over in the name of "fairness" and "justice" these days? Why is it that people think they have "rights" over other people's rights and that some times it's better to let a matter go than to fight and make matters worse.
Jesus did not come to be this man's legal counselor or his brother's ethical advisor but his mission was to stay focused on God's kingdom. But Jesus always has a way of getting around our concerns to the heart of the matter and the so Jesus addressed the matter of the heart. He said, "Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possesions (Luke 12:15). It matters little if we improve the legal system if in the end, we do not change people minds and hearts that life does not consist in the abundance of their possesions.
Does not First Corinthians chapter six also tell us not to sue our brothers and sisters in Christ? Why do we feel compelled to do it anyway despite what Scripture says? Can we allow ourselves to be cheated at times or take the loss? (v.7). How we handle conflict and before others makes a difference in how people in the world perceive us.
What does it mean to advance God's kingdom today in a world that only wants to advance getting ahead of every one else?
"FRIEND," JESUS SAID, "WHO SET ME TO BE A
JUDGE OR ARBITRATOR OVER YOU?" (Luke 12:14)
I talked to a judge today and heard another man say he might need a lawyer. Do you ever find yourself being a lawyer, an arbitrator between two disputing people? How is it that so much greed and self-interests take over in the name of "fairness" and "justice" these days? Why is it that people think they have "rights" over other people's rights and that some times it's better to let a matter go than to fight and make matters worse.
Jesus did not come to be this man's legal counselor or his brother's ethical advisor but his mission was to stay focused on God's kingdom. But Jesus always has a way of getting around our concerns to the heart of the matter and the so Jesus addressed the matter of the heart. He said, "Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possesions (Luke 12:15). It matters little if we improve the legal system if in the end, we do not change people minds and hearts that life does not consist in the abundance of their possesions.
Does not First Corinthians chapter six also tell us not to sue our brothers and sisters in Christ? Why do we feel compelled to do it anyway despite what Scripture says? Can we allow ourselves to be cheated at times or take the loss? (v.7). How we handle conflict and before others makes a difference in how people in the world perceive us.
What does it mean to advance God's kingdom today in a world that only wants to advance getting ahead of every one else?
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