‘Disputes.’
a) Proverbs 15:18. Are calmed by the person who holds their temper.
b) Exodus 18:13. There were many amongst God’s People during the time of Moses’ Leadership.
c) Exodus 18:22. There are common disputes and major disputes.
d) Deuteronomy 1:16; Ezekiel 44:24. Should be judged and resolved fairly.
e) Proverbs 18:19. Are like the locked gate of a castle tower.
f) Isaiah 2:4; Ezekiel 34:20; Micah 4:3. Christ can settle them.
g) 1 Corinthians 6:3-4. The Church should be able to resolve the ones inside it.
(This QT gives to me some clear teaching about Disputes)
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‘Redeemed And Ransomed.’
a) Isaiah 35:10. Are joyful experiences.
b) Jeremiah 31:11-12. They are God’s Work and they take away sorrow.
c) Revelation 7:16-17. Is completed in Eternity.
(Through this Second one I thank God that I am Redeemed And Ransomed)
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Chris.
The judging of disputes takes Patience, Wisdom and the leading of the Holy Spirit with a pathway that is close to the Scriptures. Disputes are never solved by “brushing them under the carpet” nor by a dictatorial attitude.
