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Monday, October 30, 2023

1 Corinthians 6:2 - Big Decisions



1 Corinthians 6:2

 

NKJV

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 

 

NLT

Don’t you realize that someday we believers will judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world, can’t you decide even these little things among yourselves?

 

It’s been a minute since I’ve written anything. So if you want to jump back and read where we started in chapter six (1 Corinthians 6:1) you certainly can.  Older stuff can be found here too.

 

Saint’s will judge the world?!?!  What the heck does that mean? Glad you asked! The Bible doesn't provide much detail about how those who are in Christ on this side of eternity will judge those who are not. In Revelation 2:25–26, Christ is quoted as saying that those who conquer and keep His word to the end will be given a share of His authority over the nations and rule over them. But I don’t really want to focus on that. I want to focus on the Corinthian Christians. They were acting like they were incapable of handling even the smallest of issues.

 

Here it was talking about judging, it’s the word Shofet. The root of this means “administering justice to”; or “to pass sentence”; or “settle a case”. I read this as “make a decision”. That’s for sure something that at times I struggle with; although I am a citizen of the world of “make a decision, even if it wrong”…and both of these will get me into trouble.

 

As a believer all of my decisions should be filtered through a God lens. And it would seem like all I have to do is to simply ask God what to do and…BAM...the answer appears. But it’s not always that easy, is it? for sure, sometimes the answers to our decision question appears immediately. But was it immediately? Or did we study the subject from all angles and spend time praying…and then the BAM? If we are hooked into God, that’s probably our process. If we’re not, then we struggled.

 

Mathew 10:16 says that we are being sent out like sheep among wolves; that we are to be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. God wants us to use our brains to judge (i.e.: make decisions); but to temper our “smarts” with kindness, wisdom, and purity.

 

If you’re wondering how we got from our verse to making decisions, let me tie it together. If we can’t judge the smallest matters, then how are we to make big decisions? We expect our children to grow and mature; making better and better decisions as they get older. I believe that God has the same expectations for us. As we mature as Christians, we should be increasingly capable to make decisions, with our grounding firmly on the roots of Godly wisdom.

 

Make good decisions today,

cej

 

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