Is God fair? Countless worldly people have accused him on not being fair.. like after they go through some tough circumstances. I understand this and how a lot of good questions can flood into your mind when you’re hurting.
Yep, he is indeed fair, unbiased, kind and equal in his treatment of his own! Reread through the parable of the Landowner and vineyard workers in Matthew 20.
In many people’s minds, fairness is everyone receiving exactly what he or she deserves. That’s the basic definition of fairness in this world, isn’t it? If God were completely “fair,” by this definition, we would all spend eternity in hell paying for our sin, which is exactly what we deserve. We by what we’ve done, thought, or didn’t do.. by what we’ve said or didn’t say.. have all sinned against God (Romans 3:23) and are therefore worthy of eternal death (Romans 6:23). Have our motives always been perfect in what we’ve done or why we didn’t do something we should have? Nope, not mine, not always.
It’s a 100% true saying. If we “fairly” received what we truly deserve, we would end up in the lake of fire (a very real location where many people are headed because they’ve rejected God’s only solution to their problem - Jesus 20:14–15).
God is merciful and good, so He sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross in our place, substitutionary-wise taking the full punishment that we deserve (2 Corinthians 5:21).
After his Son went up the hill and tree at Calvary, has God been fair or just when he’s chosen to be merciful and graciously-generous to people? Sure. It’s his prerogative, whatever he does is just.
What did God really mean when He said, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy” (Exodus 33:19)?
Turn and trust, but not just in anyone or in anything .. we are instructed by God’s word to trust in the only Savior that can permanently save us. The term “save” might sound kind of religious to you, but it’s actually a Bible term describing a real experience that can happen to anyone still sucking air.
All we have to do is admit it, quit it (I mean the sinning – yes, sincerely repenting of the wrongdoins). Then simply believe in Christ and how God the father raised him from the dead and we will be saved. It’s about a new beginning, starting afresh, establishing a righteous relationship with God the Father through the Son. Then we will freely receive an eternal home in heaven (John 3:16) forever without pause ..with God on his nickel so to speak. With the sacrifice of Christ, the Father maintains His “fairness” in that the sin of different people has been adequately punished.
You know how a synonym for fair is just, and the Bible is unequivocal that God is just: “He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he” (Deuteronomy 32:4; see also 2 Chronicles 19:7; Romans 9:14; and 2 Thessalonians 1:6).
God indeed is “fair” in that He is completely unbiased, thoroughly honest, and always just. Peter, standing in a Gentile’s home and then seeing the work of the Holy Spirit, said, “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right” (Acts 10:34–35). God is eminently fair and never is not. He treats no one wrongly. Never has. He is no respecter of persons in the sense that he doesn’t play favorites! All God’s kids are equally his favorite.
Despite God’s loving grace, no one would believe in Him on his ir her own (Romans 3:10–18). The father draws us to Jesus. The Holy Spirit draws us to Jesus and we can choose where we will spend eternity. I say make your reservations in advance. Wouldn’t you do that with a fine hotel? Sure, you would. So you wouldn’t be sleeping on the streets that night.
According to Romans 8:29-30, God predetermined that certain individuals would be conformed to the likeness of His Son, be called, justified, and glorified. Numerous scripture passages refer to believers in Christ being chosen (Matthew 24:22, 31; Mark 13:20, 27; Romans 8:33, 9:11, 11:5-7, 28; Ephesians 1:11; Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Timothy 2:10; Titus 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1-2, 2:9; 2 Peter 1:10).
Some people argue that this does not seem at all “fair” ..like in the eyes of those who believe fairness requires everyone to be treated exactly the same way.
In election, it appears that God is not treating all people equally. While it might appear this way, the Bible also says that we must respond to what God has revealed about Himself. Everyone living has that opportunity to respond and even creation is speaking of who God is. Romans 1:26 tells us: “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
Who so ever will can come and drink of the water of life freely.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
All who believe in Jesus Christ will be saved (See Romans 10:9-10). All who humbly turn to Him my faith based on what they know of Him, as Rahab did, will be saved. Where in the Bible do you see God turning away repentant sinners still sucking air physically alive.. where do you see Christ doing that? It didn’t happen and it won’t. The Bible never describes God rejecting anyone who believes in Him or turning away anyone who is seeking Him (Deuteronomy 4:29).
The truths of God’s sovereign predestination and also man’s responsibility are not mutually exclusive. 0 these teachings are not enemies of one another needing to be reconciled, they are friends. Somehow, in the mystery of God, predestination works hand-in-hand with a person being drawn by God (John 6:44) and believing unto salvation (Romans 1:16). God predestines who will be saved, and we must also choose Christ in order to be saved. Both facts are equally true.
While this might seem unfair in the eyes of those in this world, it is not. God saving some people is not unfair to those who remain unsaved. Those who refuse to turn to Him receive precisely what they deserve and desire. God will have no one in heaven unhappy to be there. God will respect your choice. It’s really no time to have a hard heart.
Those whom God has chosen are receiving God’s love and grace. But, when God draws our hearts and opens our minds, we have the opportunity to respond to the illumination of the scriptures and to the revelation of his creation around us (Psalm 19:1–3) and to the conscience within us (Romans 2:15). Yes, and by our own volition turn to God. Those who do not respond will receive what they truly deserve because of their rejection of Him. Their punishment is fair (John 3:18, 36). Those who believe are receiving far better than they deserve. No one, though, is being punished beyond what he or she deserves. Is God fair? Yes. He is also gracious, merciful, generous and forgiving.“ Got more questions?
Personally, I think about Mordecai, Job in the Old testament and Joseph to name a few. What happened with them? What do you think will happen with all those martyrs who stayed faithful to Jesus in the first century? It’ll all work out equitably in the end and they will be blessed beyond what they deserve.
All real believers will receive the ultimate reward – all God’s people go to the same heaven (where they will have rewards in different measure relating to their motives and faithfulness. i.e., 5 crowns). The point of the parable of the vineyard harvesters is that God rewards on the principle of generous grace. All the reapers ended the race in a dead heat and got the same reward. Heaven is free for you if you want it.. if you want Jesus Christ.
We are all sinners.. and since 1977 I’ve been a saved sinner that’s enjoyed abundant life and sweet fellowship with God and his people.
Living under grace is sort of a two-edged sword though. Under grace, you and I can’t come to God belly aching, murmuring, or complaining, “Don’t I deserve better than this Father”; because God could honestly reply back, “Does this mean that you really want Me to give you what you deserve?”
We work from our salvation, we don’t work for Salvation. None can earn it. Grace should be especially manifested in our Christian service though; that it is of grace, not of works. How do we enjoy his grace?
· All our harvesting service is already due to God; it belongs to Him.
· The ability to serve God is the gift of His grace.
· The call to serve God is the gift of His grace.
· Every opportunity to serve is a gift of His grace.
· Being in the right state of mind to do the Lord’s work is a gift of grace.
For many are called, but few chosen: This was said in the context of this illustration of grace. Jesus emphasized that both the calling and the choosing of God are based on His free grace–especially His choosing.
Successful service like ministry in the sphere of God’s rule (his kingdom) is the gift of His grace.
What matters regarding the ultimate blessing is that we are forgiven and in His will in his Kingdom. That’s what I want every day to pay in his will and doing his will and not doing something else that my flesh might feel like doing. The first Shelby last and the last shall be first. It’s one thing to end your race last, but if your first and last with the others first and last then you all finish in a dead heat and gain the same ultimate reward.
No crown, no other reward or honor for that matter will compare or even come close to comparing with the reward of seeing Jesus face to face and hearing his voice say well done.. Enter in..
“What does it matter, after all, whether we are first or whether we are last? Do not let us dwell too much upon it, for we all share the honor given to each. When we are converted, we become members of Christ’s living body; and as we grow in grace, and get the true spirit that permeates that body, we shall say, when any member of it is honored, ‘This is honor for us’…If any brother shall be greatly honored of God, I feel honored in his honor. If God shall bless your brother, and make him ten times more useful than you are, then you see that he is blessing you — not only blessing him, but you. If my hand has something in it, my foot does not say, ‘Oh, I have not got it!’ No, for if my hand has it, my foot has it; it belongs to the whole of my body.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon
Am grateful for Jesus who told the truth, exposed the rampant evil and tried to make this world a better place to live in by his good example with zero sins done, his sound teachings.. and then he was crucified for it.
Jesus was betrayed by his friends.. those on his own side. That’s very common for us to see.
Jesus stood against the spiritually dead and very corrupt establishment of his time. Then in love he was killed cuz that’s what they were determined to do to him. The fallout was good for all who would believe in Him.
When we see this kind of treatment happening to other people then our duty is to pray for them and boldly say something. Standing against it daily. Turn on the light ..real bright.. in the darkening darkness here.
