"Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? Luke 14:31
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Nothing wrong with consulting legal advice before moving in this manner.
Unless those lawyers are relying on scripture to advise a Christian Pastor how to shepherd his flock, they are of no heavenly use and not the kind of counselors God would have one of his under-shepherds to rely upon.