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If God Wants to Save Everyone, What’s Stopping Him?
Does God Follow His Own Rules — Or Does He Make Them?
One night last week, I let my daughter stay up late. No special occasion, no real reason — just a spontaneous decision.
She was thrilled until the next night.
“Can I stay up late again?” she asked.
“Nope, bedtime as usual.”
“That’s not fair! You let me last night!”
I shrugged. “That was an exception.”
“But — ” She crossed her arms. “You said bedtime is at 9. You can’t just change it!”
I laughed. “I literally made the bedtime rule. Of course, I can change it.”
But she wouldn’t let it go.
And that’s when I realized — she wasn’t actually mad about bedtime. She was mad that I had authority over the rule itself. It wasn’t really about fairness. It was about whether I, the rulemaker, had the right to change the system I created. Which brings me to a ridiculous idea some Christians hold about God.
When the Rulemaker Becomes the Rule-Follower
Imagine you’re the CEO of a company. You built it from the ground up, designed the policies, and set the rules. One day, you…
