"Far be it from you to do such a thing - to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Genesis 18:25 (NIV)
Oh friend, who is the LORD? Is the LORD like us? Is He small and powerless? Is He too blind and too weak to be just? Is He like our human judges, unable to discern lies from truth? Is He like our human detectives, always seeking to discover motives, but not truly understanding why? Is the LORD’s justice like our human justice systems, with our improper releases, and false imprisonments?
Abram didn’t believe in a God like that! Abram believed in a God who is righteous and who only does what is right. Abram believed in a God who is the Judge of every single human. A God who cannot and will not ever do wrong! Do you believe God is like that? The writer of Psalm 97 believed in a God like that. He called on all the people of the earth to rejoice, for our Creator God rules from a throne based on justice and righteousness. What a terrible existence we would have if we were ruled by a god who was not just, nor righteous. We should not make the mistake of thinking that God is righteous in the sense that “might is right”. It is true that the LORD is more powerful than anyone else, but His righteousness proceeds from His goodness. Righteousness, as Abram understood it, meant that God would never kill the righteous with the wicked.
God will never do anything wrong, He will always do right.
There are many things that we do not understand about God’s dealings with humans. We debate back and forth over many issues related to heaven and hell, saved and unsaved, wrath and grace. But friend, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” (Dt 29:29).
Can you leave the secret things alone and trust in the revealed truth that the Judge of the whole earth will do right? Can we follow Abram’s example, and approach God on the basis of His character and goodness, asking Him to be merciful? May we have the faith of Abram!
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