IS GOD FAIR???

Is God fair? Is His one way My way Jesus way fair? It is His game and we are in His sandbox, so the standards of play are written in stone, so to speak. God is not obligated to save anyone; we are privileged beyond comprehension to have a hand in His cosmic card game. We are offered a seat at the table, an opportunity to ante up one worthless life for a winner take all eternal pot of staggering infinite value. And God cheats you know; He gives everyone who chooses to play a winning hand. Even Aces and Eights win.

Using metaphors to describe God stuff is not denigrating; Jesus used metaphors all the time, He called them parables.  Asking the question “Is God Fair” is more than a loaded question.  Considering His absolute sovereignty and the horrendous price He paid to redeem us to Himself, it could even be considered audacious, questioning His sovereignty. The word “fair” is not in God’s vocabulary, not a known concept in His Kingdom where the omnipotent God made all things “good”, the absolute best possible in human speak. Only mere earthlings pontificate in this manner, trying to assess God’s qualifications to be God. It is a little like the caricature of a defiant mouse boldly giving the third finger salute to a mighty eagle swooping down with talons extended. Dead mouse! Makes about as much sense as questioning God’s sovereignty; short lived defiance followed by long dead. Job, the man God called blameless, had more justification to ask this question than anyone who has ever lived, and ask he did, in so many words.  But when Job “Seen God” -- stood in His presence -- he immediately repented of his “council without knowledge”, realizing he had “uttered what he did not understand.”  If we look at this from the prospective of fair as in what we most deserve, then we deserve nothing -- we deserve hell. But, and this is a big but, God, thankfully, doesn’t look at it this way. He has given us what we least deserve, the opportunity for mercy. He calls us to His gaming table and bids us to take a seat and ante up our life at the cross of His Son, so that we might win the greatest pot of all– eternally forever life with Him. Praise the Lord for His awesome grace! And the significance of Aces and Eights; that’s the classical dead man’s hand, Wild Bill Hickok's last draw at the wrong poker table.