Why do bad things happen to good people? How does God forgive evil people? Can God forgive me? In this message, Pastor Andreas looks at all of these questions and more to help us answer one of the most commonly asked questions about God; IS GOD FAIR?
KEY SCRIPTURES
John 16.33
Galatians 6.7-8
Job 1.1-3
Job 1.9-10
Job 1.12
Job 1.21
Job 1.22
Matthew 20.1-8 (The Parable of The Landowner)
Ephesians 1.6-8
Matthew 20.10-12
Matthew 20.13-15
Ephesians 2.1
Romans 6.23
2 Corinthians 5.21
Ephesians 2.8-9
QUOTES:
- Why do bad things happen to us?
1. We are simply a victims of a broken world.
2. Many of your problems you brought it on yourself.
3. There is an enemy – who wants to kill, steal and destroy your life
- Satan is less confused about blessing than what many believers are! Blessing comes from God!
- God’s justice is getting what we deserve from God.
- God’s mercy is not getting what we deserve because we deserve the punishment for our sins.
- God’s grace is getting what we do not deserve.
- Grace violates our sense of justice,
- "Grace has about it the scent of a scandal." Philip Yancey
- How can we understand God's Grace?
1. God’s grace only makes sense when we realize the hopelessness and the helplessness of the human condition, before God.
2. We can make sense of God’s grace when we see that Christ’s death on the cross satisfies God’s justice.
3. If God’s grace is completely not earned and undeserved, then what we must do is receive it as a gift through faith.
- God is completely and utterly unfair! None of us deserve His grace – yet He gives it freely.
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"Is God Fair?" from November 28, 2021
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