Courting Humility

1 Corinthians 6:7-11   
7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

We fail God and our brothers, breaking the two greatest commandments, when we go to court without going to each other or through the church leadership to reconcile with each other.  Here we learn it is better to accept mistreatment, but instead often join those doing so to us, as in cheating and doing wrong to them or in retribution.  We need to remember that we were like others in the world before Christ, unrighteous and sinful, falling ever short of the kingdom of God.  The only difference now is that we were rescued and reconciled by His righteousness and made holy in Him alone.  We are not better, so humility should see our salvation of grace to show those who spitefully misuse us.  And not sue each other.