Luke 12: 54-59- Litigious Mentality
Read Luke 12 : 54- 59 - Jesus continues to confront the religious leaders and teach the people. Je sus then ventures in to the legal ment ality of many people . In verse 58 Jesus say s, “ When you go with your adversary t o the magistrate make every effort along the w ay to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judg e, the judge deliver you t o the officer, and the of ficer throw y ou into pri son.” Th is is an interest ing directive com ing to us from two thou sand years a go . O b viously , there were problems with peop le thi nking about litigious activities rather tha n working with someone we have legal conflicts w ith . Jesus is telling us to do everything we can to find our own solutions to leg al conflicts with someone else and avoid letting the l egal system decid e our fa tes. Thi s is a simpl istic approach to the se types of issues but we should a pply those principle s in co nflic ts in our lives and a void the harshness that comes with in...