Romans 3:6
6 God forbid [me] [ginomai]: for then [epei] how [pos] shall [krino] God [theos] judge [krino] the world [kosmos]? KJV-Interlinear
6 By
no means! For then how could God judge the world? ESV
The first objection of Gods right to judge, came from
Satan. Satan contends that God has no right to judge and therefore Satan has
every right to do as he pleases.
But Paul has stated that the judgment of sin results
in glorification of God. And one
argument is that sin should continue in order to continue Gods glorification,
but that too, is a misleading position.
God is truth.
Sin is the lie.
Truth establishes priorities and responsibilities and
obligations, not only for oneself but regarding ones relationship with others.
Lies, presume ones right to do whatever, even at the
expense of the welfare of others. And
thus the jungle rules rise up as being favorable to the strong and biased
toward the weak.
There is no fairness in sin.
There is fairness in truth.
And knowing that no one has had any say in the
circumstances of their birth or life thereafter, that is no say prior to their
birth, then life is in itself unfair.
But then that is Satan’s world and policy.
Satan did not create himself, but was created by
God. Satan was created with great
ability and beauty and so forth.
He had no right to those attributes and he certainly
did not deserve them. But what if God
had made Satan common and less able or less attractive, then Satan would have
been on the lower end of celebrityship.
Wouldn’t he cry unfair then?
And of course he would. Anyone who has high position, presumes
superiority. But if they had been born with
lower status then they would cry out, unfair.
And it is God who establishes everyone's position in life,
not to be unfair, but to prove His glory and wisdom.
God can elevate anyone to high position, at anytime,
anywhere. He can also demote them.
But as for sin, it has no right to continue unchecked,
less the world would eventually be destroyed as a result of sin.
The ultimate proof of that will occur in the Tribulation,
when man will have his way and the world will come very close to extinction, in
a very short time period.
So, God, who is truth, establishes that which is right
and that which is wrong. And since wrong
pursues destruction, then wrong itself must be destroyed by the very rules that
it claims.
The original argument proposed by the Jews of Pauls
time was that the gentiles should be punished while the Jews should not be
punished. But Paul makes it very clear
that there is no double standard. The
very rules by which the gentiles are judged, so too, the Jews will be judged.
Right is right and wrong is wrong and all are judged
by the same standard.
