Difficult Cases (23)

For really difficult cases, judges might call in people with spiritual discernment or prophetic insight.

If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults—take them to the place the LORD your God will choose. Go to the priests, who are Levites, and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict (Deut 17:8,9).

Following the work of the cross, there are no priests or levites as such, but every society should have men and women of God with the gift of discernment. Wise people may be called on to help with difficult cases.

However, no matter how wise our judges, mistakes will still be made. Judges should be humble, knowing that we will never get perfect justice on this earth. God is our final judge. Any mistakes that are made by human judges will eventually be corrected when we stand before the perfect judge at the end of the age. All mistakes will be perfectly corrected.