Is God Unfair In Choosing Who To Save?
It is common for Christians and non-Christians alike to view God’s sovereignty in election with a sense of unfairness. Although Romans 9 is very clear that God chooses some for salvation and does not choose others, many cannot help but ask “why not the others? They’re great people too. What have they done wrong?”
Actually, what have we all done wrong? Everything, it seems. For all of mankind has sinned against God and everything we do has fallen short of His absolutely righteous standards and we cannot be saved by our merits at all.
Therefore, all deserve to be condemned and die. That is the proper judgment for mankind from a just and righteous God.
But by His mercy, He has decided that some will be forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ. This is grace!
So it is not a question of justice and injustice, fairness or unfairness.
It’s about justice and grace. This is the shocking message of the Gospel – that our righteous God is willing to forgive sinners by sacrificing the life of his own Son. Christians need to understand this so that we can view election with gratitude and not gloom.
