Judge Over You?

Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” Luke 12:13-14

We ask at times the question, what would Jesus do? And the scriptures do give the answer to us, probably more often than we may think. In this case one brother asks the Lord to take his side in a civil matter. Jesus doesn't. There goes an expectation down in flames! You mean the Lord Jesus did not come to take your side or mine? Nope, sorry. He came to do as His Father in Heaven told Him to do. So, does that mean Jesus left civil matters up to us to work out? Oh yes, and even a commandment on that to make every effort to come to a settlement before we are drug into court. Plus, if to court it must be, then we have commandments on cloaks and tunics, and turning the other cheek.

Working things out between us works! Especially when we do it in His love.

Bucky