These are sweet verses if referred to that lawsuit we all have, by reason of sin and transgression, with Gob. An adversary doth, not always mean the evil spirit. It is indeed one of his names. 1 Peter 5:8. But the LORD saith I will be an adversary to thine adversaries: Exodus 23:22. And the Lord is represented as an adversary to his People in the day of their sorrow. Lamentations 2:4. In this sense JEHOVAH hath a controversy and a lawsuit with his people by reason of sin, and the Loan JESUS recommends his church in these verses, to make up the breach quickly while we are in the way, that is, JESUS himself is the way, and the only way of reconciliation. Reader! what a refreshing thought! Christ is our peace. Micah 5:5. God Was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself. 2 Corinthians 5:19. And now there is no condemnation to them that are in CHRIST JEWS. Romans 8:1. Bet to those who live and die in the natural enmity of their mind, CHRIST becomes the judge, to whom the ungodly are delivered. John 5:22. Angels are the officers of judgment. Matthew 13:41-42. And the prison is explained to us in the. Scriptures as Hell, where they will he cast and remain forever. 2 Peter 2:4; Revelation 20:15.
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Matthew 5:25-26
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.