KBM God Is Always Fair

One of the responsibilities I have taken on is being a weeknight teacher for the Online Academy of Biblical Studies or OABS. This fall semester I have been teaching the book of Ezekiel, and in preparing for a class last week I came across Ezekiel 33:30. Here we have God pointing out the Southern Kingdom of Judah or as mentioned in this passage “house of Israel’s” wickedness. God then states this in Ezekiel 33:20.

Ezekiel 33:20 NKJV

20 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.”

More often than not when people’s sins are called out they “blame others.” Adam blamed God for his sins, Eve blamed the serpent for her sins, Aaron blamed the people for his sin of making the golden calf, and Pilate blamed the people for his sin of allowing God to be executed. The point is, people don’t like being told they are wrong and when they get punished by God for it they say “God isn’t being fair.” Now this is important for us to realize because there is no doubt that God punishes those whom he loves to get them to repent, correct their sin, and come back to him.

Hebrews 12:6 NKJV

6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”

Hebrews 12:11 NKJV

11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Now if God is going to discipline those whom he loves, we must be willing to accept that God’s judgment of us and subsequent punishment is then fair, but as we all know, we don’t want to believe God is being fair.

And here in lies the issue with discounting God’s fairness, if we don’t believe God has dealt fairly with us, we will end up, like the house of Israel, rejecting or ignoring God.

But God’s judgment cannot be rejected though one might reject what he has said because eventually everyone will stand before the judgment seat of God (Romans 14:10).

We only have this life to prepare for an eternity in the next life (Hebrews 9:27) so let’s make sure we are not crying “it’s not fair” when God punishes us because God Is Always Fair.