I've been listening to as much of the political conventions as I can deal with.
It's noticeable that the winners in both parties are saying the same things to the losers in their respective parties:
If we lose the election, the other side will pick several Supreme Court justices!
So it's all about the judges.
It's all about the two hot-button issues they'll decide.
- women's health issues
- the right to defends ourselves
I wonder - what would Jesus say about this?
After all - Judges were important in the Bible - going way back.
In fact - all the way back to the Exodus, when Moses (through God) led the Israelites from slavery under Pharaoh -
Ex 18:13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”
Ex 18:15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will. 16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and laws.”
Ex 18:17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
Ex 18:24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 26 They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.
Look closely at verses 21 and 22 -
Ex 23:21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.
Even the lower judges were supposed to be "men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain".
These would be like today's municipal, state, and federal district judges.
Already, as you can see, we've got problems as far as today's lower court judges meeting those qualifications.
And what about the "Supreme Court"?
That would be Moses.
Yes - Moses!
Moses - the man who met with God.
I ask again - what would Jesus say about this?
For one thing - Jesus wasn't politically correct.
If He had been - maybe the Jewish leaders wouldn't have been out to get Him killed.
On the other hand - if Jesus hadn't suffered and died that horrible death -
we'd still be waiting for the Messiah that God promised way back in Genesis.
Jesus would have come to earth for nothing.
That should tell us something -
political correctness may not be such a good thing.
Jesus wasn't politically correct.
And we're supposed to be like Him.
Should we not tell the truth and make clear where we stand?
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