Is God fair? | GotQuestions.org
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Is God fair to everyone? In moments when we feel we are being treated unfairly, is it wrong to blame God? If God is fair, Why does God allow good things to happen to bad people? There are many who believe God is cruel, but it that fair to God? In this video, Pastor Nelson answers the question, “Is God fair”?
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- Today's question is, is God fair? In this video I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective.
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- Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.
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- In many people's minds, fairness is everyone receiving exactly what he or she deserves.
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- 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.
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- We have all sinned against God and are therefore worthy of eternal death. If we fairly received what we deserve, we would end up in the lake of fire.
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- But God is merciful and good, so he sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross in our place, taking the punishment that we deserve.
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- All we have to do is believe in Christ, and we will be saved, and we will receive an eternal home in heaven.
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- With the sacrifice of Christ, God maintains his fairness in that sin is adequately punished.
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- A synonym for fair is just, and the Bible is unequivocal that God is just.
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- 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.
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- Deuteronomy 32, verse 4. God is fair in that he is unbiased, honest, and just.
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- Peter standing in a Gentile's home and 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.
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- Acts 10, verses 34 and 35. God is eminently fair.
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- He treats no one wrongly. Despite God's loving grace, no one would believe in him on his own.
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- God has to draw us to himself in order for us to believe. God does not draw everyone, but only certain people he has sovereignly chosen.
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- This does not seem fair in the eyes of those who believe fairness requires everyone to be treated exactly the same way.
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- In election, it appears that God is not treating all people equally. However, God does not have to choose anyone.
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- Again, it would be entirely fair for everyone to spend eternity in hell.
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- God saving some is not unfair to those who remain unsaved, as they are receiving precisely what they deserve.
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- 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 revelation of the creation around us and the conscience within us and turn to God.
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- Those who do not respond will receive what they truly deserve because of their rejection of him.
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- Their punishment is fair. Those who believe are receiving far better than they deserve.
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- No one, though, is being punished beyond what he or she deserves. Is God fair? Yes. He is also gracious, merciful, and forgiving.
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