Is God Fair?

We are in no position to judge God, but He is our judge and we have no right to question His fairness, for what's fair is what He decrees as fair by its very nature and definition.  One recalls the parable of the Prodigal Son whereby the elder brother is dispirited at the grace shown the younger one and thinks it's unfair.  He should've celebrated the fact that he had always been the son and never suffered estrangement.

Too many Christians think that it is unfair that criminals who make deathbed conversions can get saved when they lived their whole life for Christ.  They should've noted that they get to live for Christ, not had to live for Him.  It is a privilege to live for Christ and one should be thankful for all the opportunities and be stewards of them.  He has become the recipient of greater reward, as God rewards according to our deeds whether we are in Christ a short time or long time.  We don't have to be Christians, we get to be Christians!  Many who are first shall be last, according to Christ, and the last, first.  The classic example of deathbed conversion is the famed thief or malefactor on the cross on the right side of Christ and to whom He said, "Today, thou shalt be with me in paradise."

In the final analysis, life may not always be fair because some people's portion is in this life and others have to learn the hard way--but God will make it all fair in the end at the judgment and He is just in all His ways.  And so, who's to say that inequity defines unfairness?  God is the moral center of the universe, thank God!  Soli Deo Gloria!