January 31, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Ethical Christian

A New Series

God has been talking to me about ‘the just person’. There are plenty of examples of being a just and ethical person in Scriptures. All of us consider ourselves ethical in one way or the other, but we do not always consider what God thinks a just and ethical person should be.

God is not a God who is harsh and demanding. God will never ask anything of us that He Himself would not do. And, if He asks us to do or be a person who acts in ethical and just ways, then God will help us become that sort of person.

God is a God of hope first, and He goes about the earth looking and helping those who are willing and choose to be ethical. To be ethical is to be just, and to be just one must be wise. It is in wisdom that we choose right from wrong and willing to help rather than be selfish and judgmental. God wants us to be just. To be just in all we do and not ethical only when it suits us.

It is not easy to be just in every circumstance in our lives. The world does not want us to be just because it is not just. To be just in a corrupt world brings condemnation upon those who are not just. But, God sees us and is pleased with us when we are just. He helps us to be just if we let Him, and He gives us the tools to be just so we become blessed in what we do.

Never think that God does not know how to shape us into just people. He knows we cannot become just without His help. When we are just even in only simple and hidden ways, Jesus is next to us and the Holy Spirit is working within us. If God is for us, then who can be against us? It is this type of justice and ethical living that God likes.

The series of articles, The Just Person, are designed to give you hope in becoming a just and ethical individual. A just person does not stand-alone, but God is with him or her.

So enjoy the next few articles and become that just person who does amazing things in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit working in your life.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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