God’s One Desire

‘You say, “The Lord’s way is not fair!” Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair?’ Ezekiel 18:25

Ezekiel chapter 18 is full of questions and puzzlements if there is such a word. I think of our business, and the rules we have. All our employees sign a paper with a list of minor offenses, serious offenses and offenses in between with corresponding consequences. If an employee commits the serious offense of dishonesty and is given the appropriate consequence, the employee cannot say he is unaware that dishonesty is counted as a serious offense. If he asks why he is suspended, the HR manager need only to point to the consequence attached to the offense. If the employee continues to commit the same offense, one can say it is his choice to get terminated. It is not the company at fault. 

I am assuming that most people want to go to heaven. The Bible is full of instructions on how to get there. Even if someone has been wicked for most of his life, he can still enter heaven if he repents of his sins: 

“If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all My statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of the crimes he committed shall be remembered against him.” In one sense, we can say the Lord’s way is unfair. Everything is stacked in our favor. God’s one desire is to get us all to heaven, and He did everything, even to giving His only begotten Son, so that we might live and not die. If we face a judge after we die, Jesus for sure will pay the price for our sins. IF HE KNOWS US. “You are My friends if you do what I command you.” (John 15:14)

Isn’t it a life or death decision to know what Jesus commands so we know the consequences of our actions?