Justice

“Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.”Blaise Pascal

Deut 16:19
“You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

I had, what the judge called a privilege, to be called to present myself to the Federal Court house for juror duty this past Monday. It was a completely different experience from state court duty which I have been called to many times.

I was reminded by the Federal Court judge, and a video presented by the Supreme Court judges, of how our court system is a foundation of our democracy. It is a right to be judged by a jury of our peers, and I was amazed at the effort made to be fair to the defendant on trial.

For whatever reason I was not chosen to sit on the jury, only 13 of 31 were chosen, but the experience reminded me again of the foundation on which our nation stands. It stands on Biblical and Godly principals, and if our nation leaves that standard it shall suffer.

Compare that to the news today where the Arabian courts, under Islamic Law declared it legal for a man to beat his wife and children…and that system awaits to overtake our land…God’s  Blessings

Pastor William