Is God fair?

When we were conducting the Leadership Training Course last Saturday,one question raised by the participants was about the fairness of God. Just because a person does not believe in Jesus, he cannot go to heaven no matter how good he lives his life. I myself struggle with the Calvinism teaching on the 'unconditional election' and 'limited atonement'. Did God predestine whom to be saved? Isnt this unfair when we take a first glance at it? And yet in 2 Chronicles 19:7 we read that "...with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery".

Now,lets talk about fairness in more detail. God created men and women after his own image, and gave them a freedom to choose. But they chose to rebel against God. We can blame Adam and Eve for the original sin, but are we any better? Would we also make the same mistake if we were the first person God creates? We were by nature objects of wrath (Eph 2:3). The heart is deceitful above all things, and beyond cure. Who can understand it? (Jer 17:9) We have all missed the mark of perfection.

The bible says that the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23) So is it fair if God chooses to do nothing at all and leave us to the path of damnation? I think it is. He created us without blemish or defect but gave us the freedom to choose, and we chose to turn away from Him. And now we have to pay for the consequences of our sins, that is fair!

Here is when grace comes in. By definition, grace is an unmerited favour: God giving us what we dont deserve. If God chooses to save some and not the others, He is still fair because we have already established that God is fair even if He chooses to fold his arms and do nothing bout our salvation.

I know this is hard to digest on our human level. But if we were to question God's fairness, let me just say that it is COMPLETELY UNFAIR for Jesus to die for our sins, and yet he chose to do it.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I was once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. Lets ponder over this amazing grace as Easter approaches.