God's Unfairness 2

There is no question about it. God is unfair. He doesn’t treat everyone equally; He doesn’t treat everyone as they deserve. We are so very fortunate that He doesn’t. If He treated us equally, those with special gifts might have special advantage in the salvation process. Instead, He appeals to each of us individually, according to our needs, aptitudes, inclinations. He woos us, wins us, warns us, wants us each individually for what and who we are. He doesn’t treat us as we deserve, either. If He did, we’d all be dead. But He gives us life, both temporal and spiritual. He gives us life with which to find Him. He gives us temporal life in or der to find spiritual life in Christ. We certainly don’t deserve this. We are born into a family of rebels. We practice rebellion. And the wages of rebellion is death-what we earn, what we deserve. Instead of treating us equally and fairly, He puts the bad stuff on His own Son and gives us only the good stuff. Certainly not fair in anyone’s book. How unfair to wound and crush, and pierce Him who had no sin in order that we who deserved all that punishment, all that consequence might have life everlasting. Unfair, totally unfair. There is no justice in it only total, unmitigated bias---bias and prejudice in our favor. 7/26/01