“Life isn’t Fair” = God isn’t Fair or Just
- – a friend has a routine check – up.
- – something is found
- – after exploratory surgery, sew him back up
- – nothing can be done
- – “Sir you have days or weeks left” said the surgeon.
The person who told me this story raged against the doctors and said
“Life isn’t fair.”
What she meant was “God isn’t fair”.
It is not right for Him to do this or allow this to happen …
How much rage is there out there – directed at God
(the Great Fall-Guy in the Sky who is blamed but not honoured)
Why isn’t it Fair?
Why should God have to do something if we don’t have to do something?
It is trendy to talk about ENTITLEMENT.
We feel that we deserve _____ whatever, because we are _____.
There doesn’t have to be a reason.
Is that how Creation works?
Is it really just about me? (not everyone, just me)
Can we really decide about God’s goodness only by reference to ourselves
and whether we like what has come to us?
Is Justice, Just Us?
Theodicy: is God Good?
I think that the number of people who constantly think about THEODICY
– the question of the GOODNESS and JUSTICE of God – is far greater than is commonly believed.
People agonize over THEODICY after every terrorist bombing, tornado or disease outbreak.
The fear in which people immerse themselves,
drives them to anger against the one ‘enemy’ who never seems to fight back
YHWH – God.
IS GOD GOOD AND FAIR AND JUST?
Is life good and fair and just? Is life worth living?
Is death real? Is it good or bad?
Theses questions are much more important for us to have answers for than we have believed.
Every soul needs to come to an answer for these ?s if they want to live peacefully and hopefully
in the midst of the reality of fear, sickness, terror and death.
The whole focus of the Revelation of SALVATION IN HELL
is to address these very questions
– whether God is FAIR, JUST and TRUSTWORTHY
– in other words GOOD.
IF every soul in all Creation does not have access to the Goodness (salvation) offered by God
– then GOD IS NOT FAIR or TRUSTWORTHY and therefore NOT GOOD.
The Church needs to dig into God’s Word
and the revelations that the Holy Spirit has already bestowed upon the Bride of Christ
throughout the 2,000 years of Her marriage to Jesus.
Out of this truth we need to address and defend
and answer the question of the goodness of God.
If God cannot be cheated…
of the opportunity to SAVE (offer Goodness to) souls
regardless of what seems to stand in His way: death, lies, natural disasters, time
– then God CAN be shown to be FAIR, JUST, TRUSTWORTHY.
If the offer of Goodness/salvation can also be shown to be legitimate
– legal – equitable and satisfactory of our right to freely choose whom we love and serve (FREE WILL)
then God can be shown to be fair and just.
If God can be trusted to offer GOODNESS to absolutely every soul, without partiality …
If God refuses to be stopped in the offering of this gift
either by other people or even DEATH itself …
And if God refuses to make a final determination
about whether a soul can spend eternity with Him – or apart from Him
– until a Just Complete and Comprehensible Offer of that eternal salvation/goodness
– has been presented in accordance with laws acceptable to human justice as well as God’s justice …
THEN GOD IS GOOD.
The Church needs to tell this truth.
Every soul needs to hear.
