Ezekiel 45
Live a Just Life!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, July 24.
How do you respond to injustice and inequality? Whether it is social justice or economic equality, one of the expectations of citizenship is that the government will not demean or exploit them, that they and their fellow citizens will be treated with respect by their community leaders and have equal access to opportunities in the marketplace. This desire is deeply embedded into us by God’s design. We need to pray for our nation, and all the nations, because the perversion of justice is one of the great signs of any culture’s decline, and it begins at the top. The prophet prescribed the antidote when God gave directions for the land surrounding the New Temple in Ezekiel 45:7-10:
“The prince shall have land on either side of the holy allotment and the property of the city, … This shall be his land for a possession in Israel; so My princes shall no longer oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.” ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people,” declares the Lord God. “You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.”
By God’s design, civic leaders are to be influenced by His moral decrees for justice and equality. When they are not, then truly the inmates are running the prison! That is why it is said of Jesus’ kingdom on Earth, He will “rule all the nations with a rod of iron” (Revelation 12:5). We need righteous leaders, like Jesus, who will not allow justice or equality to be perverted for their own selfish ambition or vain conceit (Philippians 2:1-11).
Seize the moment and live a just life – Do Justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8).
God bless you!
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