USING CIVIL COURTS
I Corinthians 6:1, 6
"Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? .... But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers."
In the matter of judging in the Church, Paul took the matter a step farther to include not just moral issues but also civil issues. Being humans that we are, conflicts do arise between Christians. In the theocratic government of the Old Testament, the job of judging fell to the prophets (who, as Moses, sometimes delegated the judging to elders), priests, judges, and kings. In the New Testament theocracy of Jesus' Kingdom, we have the office of prophet and also spiritual gifts of knowledge and wisdom. We should utilize these for conflict resolution between believers rather than go to the ungodly in the civil courts. The civil courts are still there when the conflicts are between the unsaved, or between the Christian and the unsaved. However, they should not be used to settle issues between believers. So why don't we follow God's plan? Is it because we don't have any spiritual men we can trust?
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Christians should appeal to other godly Christians for conflict resolution between believers rather than going to civil court.
Have a righteous day. Love you.
I Corinthians 6:1, 6
"Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? .... But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers."
In the matter of judging in the Church, Paul took the matter a step farther to include not just moral issues but also civil issues. Being humans that we are, conflicts do arise between Christians. In the theocratic government of the Old Testament, the job of judging fell to the prophets (who, as Moses, sometimes delegated the judging to elders), priests, judges, and kings. In the New Testament theocracy of Jesus' Kingdom, we have the office of prophet and also spiritual gifts of knowledge and wisdom. We should utilize these for conflict resolution between believers rather than go to the ungodly in the civil courts. The civil courts are still there when the conflicts are between the unsaved, or between the Christian and the unsaved. However, they should not be used to settle issues between believers. So why don't we follow God's plan? Is it because we don't have any spiritual men we can trust?
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Christians should appeal to other godly Christians for conflict resolution between believers rather than going to civil court.
Have a righteous day. Love you.
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