Will not the judge of all the earth do right?

The second way to answer the question of God’s fairness is to look at our sense of justice. Unless we had a sense of justice, of right and wrong we would never question the fairness of God. Our questions come from our sense of what ought to be done. But where does our sense of justice come from? The Christian answer is that it comes from God. If this is true then we can be sure that our sense of justice is not higher than His. Water does not rise higher than its source. God cannot give us a sense of fairness that is superior to His; therefore we can always trust God to do the right thing. In the end there will be no one in heaven or hell who will be able to say, ‘God wasn’t fair’. There is a great illustration of this in Genesis 18. God is letting Abraham know about His plans to judge Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham questions God’s fairness by asking God if He would kill the righteous with the wicked. Abraham barters God down to find out if He is fair. At one point Abraham asks, “Will not the judge of all the earth do right?” This is a profound question. Abraham becomes satisfied that God will not judge the righteous with the wicked, in fact he will spare the wicked for the sake of the righteous. Until we become convinced like Abraham that the judge of all the earth will do right we cannot trust, worship and love Him. But if we know that God is not less fair then me, He is more fair. And God is not less merciful then me, He is more merciful. Then we can freely worship Him and know in the end He will be fair and more then fair, He will be merciful. The judge of all the earth will do right.