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1 | Church sued by members - now what? | 1 Cor 6:7 | Bauhinia | 189050 | ||
By considering 1 Corinthians 6:1-9 carefully, you should be able to come to a conclusion. However, reading and understanding God's Word and living by it are two different things! We read: "Does 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? Or 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? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life? "So 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? I 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, but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers? Actually, 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? "On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?" |
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2 | Church sued by members - now what? | 1 Cor 6:7 | thenoel2 | 189051 | ||
well thanks for your input, but I have already read this. This is why I am posing the question. I (my church) am not sueing anyone but are being sued. The question is should we defend ourselves or give it up. So my questions still stands. If you or anyone else can give some more advice or shed some more detailed light please do so by reading the original question. | ||||||
3 | Church sued by members - now what? | 1 Cor 6:7 | Bauhinia | 189052 | ||
Like I began the answer, if you consider it carefully, it should answer your question! "Actually, 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?" "Lawsuits with one another" suggests one is suing and another is being sued, doesn't it? Then we read: "Why not rather be wronged?"--See Matthew 18:15-17. |
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4 | Church sued by members - now what? | 1 Cor 6:7 | Bauhinia | 189053 | ||
In Matthew 18:15, we're told to "go and show him his fault in private." It could be, however, that your brother is not at fault! It could be that qualified persons may be needed to provide convincing evidence of who is in the right--"one or two more" so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses "every fact may be confirmed." Of course, you may be required to attend court if they have summoned you.--Titus 3:1. |
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