Ch 18 Just and upright

In this chapter by Getz, we are reminded that we really are inferior in our love and effort to love so that our justness, our righteousness must come from God--it is God who justifies us through the death of His Son. And by the ressurrection of His Son we are given the Spirit of God to comfort us and guide us and empower us into a just behaviour. So by Jesus life and death are we forgiven and by his ressurrection and Spirit are we quickened. If we accept Him as our Justness then we will behave in an upright and just manner. This is made possible by the presence of the Holy Spirit in a perceptive and willing soul. This Spirit then guides us into the work and sacrifice that God would have us to do and when we realize we really are not able of ourselves to do it, then His power will be made manifest in His willing and faithful servant to finish just what He wants done. So being just and upright involves being in touch with God, communicative and still, just enough, to be mobile, yet sensitive to that which has no flesh nor bone, and yet can be so overwhelming as to move mountains into the sea. When we can rely on God in this manner then we can open ourselves up to those who are in need and lend God's wisdom to their plight and allow God to manifest through kind word and gentle encouragement. This will offer light and life to that which has hidden in darkness and decay, and is wreaking havoc upon its bearer, allowing them to enter into the truly satisfying fellowship which only God can and does offer. So as we become just and upright so others are brought to justness and uprightness.