Gospel Fruitfulness in Ezra and Us
Ezra’s faithful work resulted in great fruitfulness for the restoration purposes of God in Judah. This is exactly the case with Christ and the New Testament people of God. He saw how far away from God we were and full of compassion he gave up his life very painfully on the cross for us. So that we may have life and have it to the full. When we place our faith in what Christ did for us on the cross, we are spiritually united to him in his sin bearing death and our old life of sin is finished. We now have in us the very life of Christ. This is the good news we call the gospel.