These are questions we've all had at one point or another and rightfully so-- God gave all of us the free will to think like that. Your eyes are probably going to roll when you read this, but let's look at the Bible:
"...for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matthew 5:45).
Think for a moment. What does this mean? What context is this coming from? In a nutshell, this is when Jesus talks to a very big group of very curious people on top of a very big hill. Jesus is teaching this crowd to love rather than hate and comes this jewel of an epithet on the fourty-fifth verse.
I hate to break it to you, but God knows and loves everybody-- sinners and publicans as well. He loves them equally or-- dare I say it-- more than us! Now why is that? Let's look at one of his allegorical teaching resources-- the parable of the prodigal son. The brother who stayed with his dad was probably more than just upset-- maybe
"thou art ever with me; and all that I have are thine" (Luke 15:31).
Although the bad do bad things, but they're always prone to change.
There's this song that I was reminded by as I was writing this-- "White Lies" -- Good men can do bad/ while the bad men can do good"
Or something like that. My point is, God is capable of helping all sides. No matter the injustice, no matter the unfairness, it comes upon everyone. Equally. Just as the prodigal son got such a good welcome home party from living in a dump a good portion of his life, the goodly brother has lived like that, in paradise, for pretty much all his life.
God wants all His children to be happy. All the things that happen to us, good or bad, befalls on all of us, regardless of who we are. God is an equal opportunity employer [of opportunity].
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