You've heard, read about, or even experienced personally stories where the good guy went down and the bad guy went free. Tell me, where's the justice in that?
If God wanted, He could play the role of 'cosmic cop' and stop all the injustice yet He doesn't. Why? Because God's not fair.
If God wanted, He could play the role of ingenious 'miracle worker' and heal all the children with cancer, AIDS, and other terminal diseases to give them hope for the future. But the innocent are still suffering. Why? Because God's not fair.
And the list goes on.
And the list goes on.
There are so many instances in the world where God's fairness apparently does not exist and people feel they are warranted to say, "God's not fair."
Yet consider this. What if you were the villain standing before the judge? Or you were the patient who received the cure? It's easy to point fingers at God and others and scream foul until unfair treatment actually leans in our favor.
Yet consider this. What if you were the villain standing before the judge? Or you were the patient who received the cure? It's easy to point fingers at God and others and scream foul until unfair treatment actually leans in our favor.
We want to believe, in our own minds, that we are good people. Sure, we all make mistakes. But compared to others, we're really not that bad. Or what about those of us who think, "I deserve this!" Like we brought something of worth to the table of life that was unique and necessary.
What if God being unfair was to our advantage?
What if God being unfair was to our advantage?
Grace, by definition, is an act of breaking the rules; a gift that has not been earned or deserved. Undoubtedly, it's close companion, mercy, is also an unfair act of denying justice its power. Being granted the freedom to walk away debt-free from an obvious act of rebellion.
How dare God declare us guilty? That's not fair! Yet, how dare Him pave a way to His presence through a blood-stained cross? Shall we also say, "That's not fair!"
We are owed our own death sentence for not being quite good enough. Yet in His unfairness, Christ declares, "Mercy!" Left to wander through life searching for our own way to wholeness, Christ declares, "Grace!"
God is so unfair that He forfeited His own rights to win that we may gain the ultimate victory of eternal life. So, is God fair? No. God is shouting, "I'm not fair" through the lens of mercy and grace.
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