Author	Thread: Lawsuits
Quiznos View Profile History	Lawsuits Posted : 21 Oct, 2021 04:31 PM The word of Yahovah says, not to bring your brother to court, yet the 501C3 tax exempt 'church' can be sued. Where in all of the word of Yahovah will we find this ever happening. Post Reply
ValiantDisciple View Profile History	Lawsuits Posted : 21 Oct, 2021 08:38 PM You seem to ask dodgy and shaky questions on purpose as if to pick fights. Go ahead and show us where in the Scriptures it says a Christian cannot be sued by those outside the church. Post Reply
Moonlight7 View Profile History	Lawsuits Posted : 22 Oct, 2021 04:45 AM Quiznos posts against all churches, pastors and Christians. Not sure why he thinks that God is leading him to do that ! Constantly he does that on here. Post Reply
Quiznos View Profile History	Lawsuits Posted : 22 Oct, 2021 03:57 PM @valiant Valiant, asking questions is one way to see what people believe. The topic is about believers suing one another in the worlds court system. Is divorce between christians a lawsuit that should be taken to the worlds legal system, or should that be handled within the bounderies of the Word of Yahovah. Post Reply
ValiantDisciple View Profile History	Lawsuits Posted : 22 Oct, 2021 04:31 PM So you cannot show us in Scriptures where it is forbidden for the church or its members to be sued by those outside the church? This is important because it rebuffs your statement on the church being able to be sued because of a tax-exempt status in the US. 501C3 is US specific. It's not the same around the world for churches in various other countries. Some have tax exempt status and some do not. No part of this tax exemption in any form provides for special avenues to sue a congregation where they otherwise could not be sued. You suggesting this is terribly misguided. In fact Jesus teaches about what to do when sued by an unbeliever which means invariably and inevitably that at some point Christians end up in court being sued or even suing others. Paul too even taught on this and God in the Old Testament talks about how Lawsuits are to be handled. Simply put: - Should a Christian sue another Christian? This depends. If the Christians sue each other over church-related matters the answer is absolutely not. If over a civil matter, if it can be avoided, then no. - Can a Christian be sued by another Christian? Yes. - Can a Christian be sued by a non-Christian? Yes. - Can a Christian sue a non-Christian entity or person? Yes, but should not if this can be avoided. If this were explicitly forbidden then Paul would have not appealed to Caesar. To answer your divorce question trap, this is easy. While they should not go to court and grind each other down at the hands of a secular judge, the State has a right and invested matter in settling the dispute from their perspective. Jesus already taught us on such an ambushing pharisaical question: Luke 20:22-26 "22 Is it permissible for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 23 But He saw through their trickery and said to them, 24 “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” 25 And He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 26 And they were unable to catch Him in a statement in the presence of the people; and they were amazed at His answer, and said nothing." God creates Government and there are certain things that belong to the Government if even we disagree with what the Government has done or does do or even will do. It's really unimpressive that you move from assailing tax exemption status on a church to talking about divorce. You speak just like the Pharisees did, why? Post Reply
Moonlight7 View Profile History	Lawsuits Posted : 22 Oct, 2021 05:29 PM Excellent Response Valiant. 👍 I'm glad you had an answer for Quiznos. Thing is he's not known to except Biblical Truth on here. He's so into his Own thoughts. Post Reply
Quiznos View Profile History	Lawsuits Posted : 31 Oct, 2021 03:19 PM ttps://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/churches-religious-organizations/churches-defined -- Sent from myMail for Android Post Reply
Quiznos View Profile History	Lawsuits Posted : 31 Oct, 2021 03:20 PM As the saying goes 'Follow the money'. X Post Reply