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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
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Day 182

"He shall surely live"

Text: Ezekiel 18:9

DESCRIPTION OF MAN WHO IS JUST II

We continue to read about the life and actions of the truly just man. God regards everyone individually. God’s judgment will be with reference to the action of the individual, and not his ancestry.

“‘If he has not exacted usury
Nor taken any increase,
But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity
And executed true judgment between man and man;
If he has walked in My statutes
And kept My judgments faithfully—
He is just;
He shall surely live!’
Says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 18:8-9

1. Continuing list of actions of the man who is just.

a) He does not exact usury (he does not charge interest in money loaned).

b) He does not seek to make extra money by increasing interest on money loaned out.

c) He withdraws from any acts of iniquity.

d) He exercises true and correct judgment in matters of dispute.

2. With reference to the laws of God.

a) His statutes.

b) His judgments.

c) He has kept them faithfully.

3. He is then pronounced by God.

a) As a man who is just.

b) The verdict given:

i) He will live.

ii) He will not be pronounced guilty.

iii) The death penalty would not apply.

c) This is a clear and firm declaration from the Lord God.