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Your Question:
How do I make sense of this unfairness?
Answer:
My friend, I can sense the frustration and sense of unfairness in your words. As a pastor, I've seen many people struggle with this same issue. It's natural to feel that way when we don't get the outcome we expect or when we feel we've been treated unjustly. But let me ask you, have you ever considered that God's ways are not our ways? His perspective is far broader and more just than ours. Think about it this way: if we think it's unfair for God to choose some people to be saved and not others, then we should also think it's unfair for Him to choose one child to be the heir of a parent's possessions and leave the others to struggle. But do we ever judge a parent for making such a decision? Of course not. We recognize that parents have the right to make choices for their children, and we respect that. So why should it be any different with God, who is our Creator and has the right to make decisions for His creation? The truth is, we can't always understand God's ways, and that's okay. But what we can do is trust in His goodness and justice, even when we don't see it. As I always say to my congregation, "God's ways are not our ways, but His ways are always just and good." Let's not try to second-guess God or assume we know better than He does. Instead, let's trust in His love and sovereignty, even when things don't seem fair to us.
Sources:
systematic theology
wayne grudem
reformed doctrine salvation
loraine boettner
kingdom of the occult
walter martin
evidence that demands a verdict
mcdowell
depression
edward welch
history eschatology
n t wright
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