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Ezekiel 18:25 "Yet you say, `The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
We often hear people talk about how oppressive the church is and how self righteous we are, and how we are imposing our beliefs on others. The implication is that somehow we are being unjust. The truth, however, should be that we are in fact being just. If we turn from our evil ways and do what is right and just then God will look favorably on us. That isn't so hard. And when you get right down to it, even the non-believers have a sense of justice. At least they do when they feel that they have been treated unjustly.
Justice is something that we have a sense of, a God given sense. We often think that to be created in God's image means that we have free will, and I agree, but, I also think that it means we have within us a sense of justice. The question is do we listen and yield to that sense or do we allow our selfishness to take over.
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to always seek to do justice and to have a sense of what is right. Help me to look beyond my own selfish desire and convenience to do you will.
Amen
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