1. Who conduct their affairs with justice. The word “justice” means “to make right.” Justice is, first and foremost, a relational term — people living in the right relationship with God, one another, and the natural creation. As God is just and loving, so we are called to do justice and live in love.
a.
This means that you treat people how you want to
be treated. It is the golden rule. The relationship with God compels, drives,
convicts you to treat people with love.
It is an outgrowth of loving God, being healed, and then loving
others. Jesus says people will know we
are His disciples by the way we love one another. Ezra is reminding the people of his day that
being a covenant people have certain responsibilities. Remember religion is dead with works. James says faith without works is dead.
b. All aspects of our lives are done in love, spouses, family, church, work, and in the greater world. This means ladies and gentlemen. It means walking in the fruit of the Spirit. Do you see Ezra pounding home this thought? Practical faith is the clearest expression of our relationship with God. Being in harmony and unity with God and man is the best way to live. Barnabus a great example of this in Acts 5 and also in Acts 12:25, when he went to get Paul in Tarsus.
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