god's Unfairness 3

Grace is the unfairness of God. We often think how unfair it is that something happens (blindness, illness, missing a bus, etc.). The unfairness of life in singling us out for something that, through no fault of our own, happens to us. Big or small, it happens and we didn’t do anything to make it happen. There is no cause and effect, we did nothing to cause it or precipitate it(just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or have the wrong set of genes. So, how about the unfairness of God. He gives us something we didn’t deserve (salvation, life, freedom, peace with Him and our fellow man). Others in the universe might object, saying we didn’t deserve this. But He protests, declaring His love for us as His excuse to be unfair, biased, prejudiced in our favor, spoiling us unreservedly with gifts we didn’t even ask for, showering us with every blessing in heavenly realms He gives us holiness and blamelessness, sonship, reveals the mystery of His will (to make all things unified under His Son), gives us His Holy Spirit, who guarantees our inheritance, and makes us, His church, the fulfillment of all things for Him. Yes, He’s unfair, but grace is unfair because it happens to us even though we don’t deserve it. It comes freely in the One He loves. He lavishes it upon us, along with all wisdom and understanding. It brings life, delivering us from death. Unfair, yes, but our only hope Grace and peace to you from God, the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:2 02/5/01 Grace is the unfairness of God. We often think how unfair it is that something happens (blindness, illness, missing a bus, etc.). The unfairness of life in singling us out for something that, through no fault of our own, happens to us. Big or small, it happens and we didn’t do anything to make it happen. There is no cause and effect, we did nothing to cause it or precipitate it(just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or have the wrong set of genes. So, how about the unfairness of God. He gives us something we didn’t deserve (salvation, life, freedom, peace with Him and our fellow man). Others in the universe might object, saying we didn’t deserve this. But He protests, declaring His love for us as His excuse to be unfair, biased, prejudiced in our favor, spoiling us unreservedly with gifts we didn’t even ask for, showering us with every blessing in heavenly realms He gives us holiness and blamelessness, sonship, reveals the mystery of His will (to make all things unified under His Son), gives us His Holy Spirit, who guarantees our inheritance, and makes us, His church, the fulfillment of all things for Him. Yes, He’s unfair, but grace is unfair because it happens to us even though we don’t deserve it. It comes freely in the One He loves. He lavishes it upon us, along with all wisdom and understanding. It brings life, delivering us from death. Unfair, yes, but our only hope Grace and peace to you from God, the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:2 02/5/01