1 Corinthians 6 NASB Do you have a case against your brother?

Lawsuits Discouraged

      1Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints? 2Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? 3Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life? 4So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church? 5I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren, 6but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

      7Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? 8On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren.

      9Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Have been wronged, swindled, cheated, taken advantage of, rights trampled, ....?

Are you not a child of God? Adopted into His kingdom as a follower of Jesus Christ?

Well then, they also did the things to God and God says vengeance is mine!

Years ago I had a discrimination case against my employer. I prayed about it, I sought Godly consul and thought I was doing the right thing. As the case moved forward it suddenly occurred to me that I needed to forgive and drop the case. God used this to mature me as a Christian. He also reaffirmed, "vengeance is Mine". 

Let's reread verse 7; 7Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

What kind of example will we set in the courts, Christian? Where non believers will judge over your case. 

Leave it to God. He will bless you for it.

Forgive and you will be forgiven.

Blessings, David 

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