"Exercise Justice" in Walking With God - Continue Elders Serving "for Justice Itself!

Elders are often called upon to make decisions that affect their fellow believers.  For example, elders periodically meet to consider whether other brothers in the congregation qualify to be recommended as elders or ministerial servants.  The elders know the importance of being impartial.  They let God's requirements for such appointments guide them in making decisions, no relying on mere personal feelings.  They thus act "without prejudgment, doing nothing according to a biased learning." -1 Timothy 5:21. 

Elders administer divine justice in other ways as well.  After foretelling that elders would serve "for justice itself," Isaiah continued:  "Each one must prove to be like a hiding place from the wind and a place of concealment from the rainstorm, like streams of water in a waterless country, like the shadow of a heavy crag in an exhausted land."  (Isaiah 32:2) Elders, then,  strive to be sources of comfort and refreshment to their fellow worshipers. 

Next time:  "Exercise Justice" in Walking With God - Conclusion of Elders Serving "for Justice Itself"

From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah