"To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you," 1 Corinthians 6:7.
Life under the cross of Jesus calls to an uncommon standard, doesn't it? That's holiness. Sanctification refers to something different from the common, secular, vulgar. Rather, says the Good Book, be defrauded, suffer wrong than to go to secular court against fellow saints. (That thinking just does not sit well, does it?) But here's the fuller thinking: Bring your case if need be, not to secular courts, but to the court of the church. Bring the case to someone wise enough in the congregation. (wow! this really is different from the usual.) Saints will judge the world, even angels. So it says. So these worldly cases are just so much trivia.
Meeting with a brother or sister today, we defer to each other in humility before the cross of Christ. And together we give thanks to God for his mercy and grace.
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