Is God Fair?
I s God fair? I suppose that depends on what you call fair. People often think fair means that you get what anyone else gets. If John gets a dollar for cleaning his room, then “it isn’t fair” if Sue gets a dollar for doing nothing at all. Sue, on the other hand, would think it isn’t fair for John to get a dollar and her not, since her room is already clean. Our problem is that we want to define fair in terms of what we get. In actual fact, we are lacking in the ability to define what is fair and what is not. God is the only judge with complete ability to define what is fair. Not only is he fair, but he is such a stickler for being fair that he sent his son to die on the cross for our sins. Think about it. If God wasn’t fair, the plan of salvation would be different. He could have said, “I’m just going to forgive everyone for their sin because I don’t want to send them to hell.” But that isn’t his nature. Instead of changing the rules, he provided a way for us to follow the rules and ...