Lawyers
Good Morning,
Luke 11:46 “…Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.”
The Lord exactly correct all the time! When I was signing papers at the close of escrow for our house, we, like everyone else I assume, signed paper after paper we never read; the same is with car loans and much more. The escrow agent said, “You can read them if you want, but no one does.” Why all the paper work? The reason is because of lawyers and selfish, greedy people.
Why does the bag my product came in say, “Not a toy?” Because “lawyers… lade men with burdens grievous to be borne,” and then collect a large salary and act as though they are the smartest people in the room. No, the lawyers have always been a headache and have always made life more frustrating, while hindering businesses and crippling economic progress.
When COVID came upon us, the lawyers studied how to protect their business or to attack the business that did not protect themselves. They were not worried about folks being sick or not, they just created “burdens, grievous to be born.”
One solution for all of this would be for people to take personal responsibility for their own actions and then add a big dose of “God is sovereign” to the mix. When I first went to college, I was in a car accident. The stop sign was covered by the branches of a tree ON CITY PROPERTY. I ran the stop sign, hit someone, and damaged both of our cars. Did I blame the tree or the city? Did I blame the girl sitting in the front seat being a distraction to my driving? Did I blame God because it was a church work day we were headed to attend? Did I blame the One Who made the tree! No! I was not paying good enough attention, period! (The lawyers would not like me saying that.)
Worse yet, is when silly Americans put these folks in charge of our entire nation. Remember Obama Care and its thousands of pages, and the brilliant lawyer who said something like, “We need to vote this into law so we can read it and see what it says.” Who thinks such stupid thoughts? Who believes this is logical? Only a lawyer! That is why President Trump is given so much grief; he is a working man, seeking logical solutions to life, and he is not a lawyer. The lawyers hate that! Lawyers especially hated when the economy went up, unemployment went down, and there was no war of any kind while he was in office.
If my child wished to be a lawyer, I would probably suggest that they just become a gangster and be honest about their occupation. Now, there are some sincere lawyers who are trying to help normal people who are being harassed by the corrupt ones, but what a mess to spend life in that filth. Could my child stay honorable while working among such corruption every hour of the day? Jesus described their work, “…for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne…” When you spend your time making life a grief and cause the common man to have a harder time, you are probably on the wrong side.
Let us move off the subject a bit: All the religious deeds that are required for hope of forgiveness is what makes “religion” so bad! Jesus simply said to trust Him and He will save us! No lawyer devised that plan! (It is far too easy.)
The point is this: never doubt the truth, power, and accuracy of the Word of God. Through every generation, no Book is like It! Jesus knew I would someday sign hundreds of pages written by lawyers, only to be read by lawyers so they can, one day, say, “See, you signed it right there!” I think I would rather face show downs in the street of the old west.
Thank God for His Word – always true, always reliable, and always accurate throughout time!
Pastor