Bible Question (short): jury duty, to be or not to be? |
Question (full): Shalom, brothers and sisters. I tried to find a post on serving on jury duty, but none came up. What i am trying to find out is, is serving on a jury wrong? Our Lord said in Matt. 7:1 "Judge not, that ye be not judged." In John 7:24, He said " Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgement." In the old testament, Israel wanted judges over them, Solomon was a judge over the people. When you sit in judgement, you are saying that a person is right/wrong. So is saying that you cannot sit on a jury because you do not want to be in judgement of someone, a cop out, or a true understanding of what jesus said? God bless,michael |