Justice in the Courts

An Old Testament Lesson from Leviticus. You might as well hand out Valium to the congregation. Right? As I read the old Testament for last week, I couldn’t disagree more. It read as if it could have been written today instead of thousands of year ago for God’s covenant nation of Israel. Funny how inspiration works. I will post more later on other ideas, but this one struck me first.

Leviticus 19:15 “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

In our courts, we often seen both ends of injustice. No doubt, the rich with their high paid lawyers are often favored in our courts, often getting exactly what they desire through the legal gymnastics their lawyers preform flawlessly, even lawyer for different services like a NYC personal injury lawyer or a divorce attorney. But today, there is in our courts a tendency to argue that deference should be shown to the claims of the poor and oppressed, that the scales of justice should be tipped their way. This word of God says no. It says no to the rich being favored. And that we might expect. But is also says no to the poor being favored. And that might shock us. The courts exist by God’s design solely to exact blind justice, to do what it right. Let us lobby for righteousness rather than individuals or corporations of our choosing. Let us demand that the civil government do what it was created to do, to reward good and punish evil.