Financial Discipleship – the Bible on LitigationSample

In the amount of things we’ve seen in this world, we know that just because something is legal... it doesn’t make it right. The world’s court system cannot deliver justice. Only God can.

If we approach each other about our grievances with a pure heart, we can better resolve them without the courts. And we’re encouraged to do so (Matthew 5:25-26), especially with our fellow brothers and sisters; because family grievances cannot be comprehended or judged fairly by a judge on the outside.

Lawful does not necessarily mean just or fair. Sometimes, what is "lawful" only leads to more destruction. So, as believers, if nothing else, we should take our issues to each other first, with one or two who objectively agree, and then to the church (Matthew 18:15-16).

Ephesians 6:12 tells us that we do not wrestle flesh and blood, but principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness and evil spirits. There’s more at stake here.

Let us not be distracted by the wrongs others have done to us. Before we pursue a case for money, let us search ourselves and pursue what God has for us. Just as much as others have wronged us, so have we wronged others (1 Corinthians 6:8). None of us is above correction.

Let us turn the other cheek. And may we remember that a church is not the building, but the people inside it. We are the Church. And we should depend on each other to uphold what’s right and what’s wrong.

(excerpt taken from The Bible on Money, Compass-finances God's way, 2022)