DCLM Daily Manna 19 November 2024 — Don’t Sacrifice Fellowship In Court
DCLM Daily Manna 19 November 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Don’t Sacrifice Fellowship In Court
Topic: Don’t Sacrifice Fellowship In Court (DCLM Daily Manna 19 November 2024)
Text: 1 Corinthians 6:1-7
1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
3Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
4If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
6But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Key Verse: “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?” (1 Corinthians 6:1).
Message
Dr Miner of Trenton, New Jersey, a former pastor at Springfield, relates that when Abraham Lincoln was practicing law, a farmer went to ask for his service in a case between him and his neighbour. Lincoln said, “Now if you go on with this, it will cost both of you your farms and entail an enmity that will last for generations and perhaps lead to murder.” He made the two men sit in his office and locked them in while he went to dinner. The two men, finding themselves imprisoned, burst into laughter and settled before Mr. Lincoln returned. Settling disputes out of court is far cheaper than the cost of a lawsuit.
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Apostle Paul frowned at believers in the Corinthian Church who refused to resolve their disputes amicably among themselves, but preferred filing lawsuits against one another in the civil court. Rather than take one another to court, such matters should be tabled before leaders in the church for settlement. Litigation contradicts the Christian spirit of love, forgiveness and forbearance.
We must understand that we will offend others sometimes. But we must learn to forgive and forget. When believers drag other brethren before the worldly courts, it demeans Christianity and makes a mockery of our teachings of peace, forbearance, love and unity.
If we are true followers of Christ, we will obey the command of the Lord to love and forgive one another. We will also follow the principle He has laid down for resolving differences. There is no joy in winning a lawsuit against another brother or sister and losing the love and joy in fellowship.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Litigation degrades the Christian spirit of fellowship.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
2 Kings 16-17
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2024 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
