Even Solomon asked the same questions! The unfairness of life is vanity and causes vexation of spirit! The Lord will have an answer, but will still be difficult to receive! A common experience for us all and hardly pleasant! TR God is giving them more time to repent. Adrian Rodgers had a sermon talking about whether God is fair or not. He said God is not fair but He is Just and He is Good. It is a difficult question but I agree with him. God knows best. We are all sinful and if we were judged fairly, we'd all end up in the Lake of Fire. "The reason many people are grumbly hateful rather than humbly grateful is that they have this belief, this conviction that no matter what, “God is fair.” Let me tell you: God is not fair. God is just. Fairness is a human attribute. “Fairness” implies that God owes us something, and if we don’t get it, God isn’t “fair” to us. Or if somebody gets more than we got, or before we get it, we grumble and pout, “That’s not fair. So-and-so got more than I got.” That has nothing to do with it. Again, God is not “fair.” God is just—perfectly righteous and holy. God owes us nothing, but He owes His own sense of integrity everything." https://victorybaptistpocono.com/adrian-rogers-god-is-not-fair/ "God is not fair, but God is good. We’re going to be much happier in this life if we take our eyes off our brothers and sisters, put our eyes on the Lord Jesus Christ and be grateful for what He does. We don’t want fairness; we need mercy, and we can have it." https://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/listen/god-is-not-fair-507706.html Well stated and true! Though we deserve death and hell, God isn't fair, but gracious! So to with heavenly rewards! God will graciously honor those who honour Him! Indeed God is perfect in all His ways, not ours. But yet intellectual ascent doesn't negate our human emotions! TR When Christ was born he was proclaimed as king of the Jews! He grew being in constant fellowship with the Father! When his ministry started the voice of the Father spoke: This is my beloved Son in whom I am pleased! Then on the cross He cried: Father, Father, why have you forsaken me?! He emotionally struggled with having that fellowship cut off! It is in this sense that I also struggle with the concept of fairness! TR
