The wonder of Grace, I am told, is that it is unmerited. Several people, including Philip Yancey in his well-known book What's So Amazing About Grace described it as "unfair," because it is given to us despite the fact the we don't deserve it: particularly as some are selected over others (the others seem to be rather glossed over).
Now, if I saved one person out of many from a natural disaster, I would not be "unfair" because I chose one and not another. However, suppose I have an unlimited budget, time and resources, but still chose to only save a few of the survivors, and left the rest to starve. Would that still not be "unfair"? The problem with such human analogies if that we have limited power, limited time, limited ability. I would not be unfair only because I can't do it for everyone - choosing is morally neutral only because of this.
So: grace is called unfair, but for a being with unlimited power to be unfair is ipso facto unethical. Romans 8 only states that God is powerful and we're not, skirting the ethical issue entirely. Does "unfair" grace make God morally deficient?
2007-08-09
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