The idea of fairness came up in pastor Rubi's recent lesson. The parable of the talents, 5-2-1. No doubt the man who received only one talent thought it was not fair that the others got more than him.
When we are carnal and not walking in the Spirit this idea of fairness can be troubling. Instead of doing what we can with what we have, we make excuses and blame God for our bad attitude and our inaction.
Pastor Mitchell used to say that when a person's heart is right you can blow their arm clean off and they will have the victory. But when someone's heart is not right a paper cut is devastating and traumatic.
Skeptics are just unbelievers. They know what God has said, but they do not believe God will do what He said He will do. We accuse God of being unjust and unfair. But it is we who are arrogant and unbelieving.
Unbelief is not an absence of facts. Unbelief is a deliberate disregard for truth and a choice of our own will not to believe. Having examined the Bible, we decide what God can or cannot do. We make excuses for our unbelief when pressed. But unbelief is sin, just like drinking whiskey or adultery.
Jesus said that children can understand this. Why can't we?
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