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“The Lord’s way is not fair!” We want all the bad people of history punished and written off the book of Life. Letting such people into heaven we consider an insult to our righteousness. The Lord’s way is not fair!
Yet, how many times does the Lord say that he desires not the death of the sinner but that the sinner turn from his evil ways and practice justice? We know that, but we still want to think of ourselves as the only ones allowed to repent and be saved.
If we are the only ones who are allowed to repent, then we are also the only ones who can un-repent. God speaks of the sinner’s turning aside the sinful conduct in a change of heart and so finding forgiveness and life. God also speaks about the responsibility of the good person who leaves behind his goodness and does evil, how such a person has chosen death instead of life.
We are all personally responsibility for our sins. It is the mercy of God for each one of us that enables to choose good over evil. Without God’s mercy, we are all as evil as Hitler or any other of the horrible people in our human history. Therefore, if we have received mercy, these evil persons can also have received mercy and enjoy God’s peace in glory. In our religious history we have often proclaimed saints, but we have never proclaimed that anyone is in hell.
What does God want? That everyone turn from evil ways and accept God’s forgiveness. This is a universal call to receive forgiveness and live for ever in God’s sight. In what way, then, is God unfair. Are not rather our ways unfair and God’s ways fair?
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