Making the Wrong Right (TMF:1426)

Monday, August 03, 2020
Peace to Live By: Making the Wrong Right (TMF:1426) - Daniel Litton
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       Next, Jesus said, “And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.” I believe the idea here, in what Jesus is saying, is that if we have done an unbeliever wrong, that is, we have sinned against the person, and the person takes us to court for it, we are not to try to weasel our way out of the suit or even to fight against it. It is exactly the opposite that Jesus wants. He wants us to be willing to make the wrong right. During the times of Jesus, in a Jewish court the judge would take whatever possessions a person had to give to the person who sued. If the person had no possessions of value, then the person who sued was out of business. However, a person could offer his outer garment, his coat as we would call it, as payment to the individual. And Jesus is telling us to do that. Even if we don’t have anything to give, we are to give what we possibly can to show we are sorry for doing the person wrong. This shows a good, Christian attitude.