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Hello. I have been listening to an audio reading of John lately. I have just been wondering about something, something that has been really destroying my faith.
God says he desires that everyone be saved. Then, in John, Jesus plainly says that he blinded people and hardened their hearts so that they would not believe and repent and be saved. How is this Just? He desires all men everywhere to be repent and be saved but he only predestined a certain number of people to be saved?the rest he just doesn’t care about? Where is the love in creating a whole world that he knew most people would burn in hell forever? And he only chose a few that would be saved. It makes me think that there’s not even any point in following God anymore if there are such slim odds. Why would I give up what little tone I have on earth to spend with the family I love and to help others, to serve a God who promises hardships, promises that the world will hate them, and then tells us that many will even strive and still not be able to enter. To serve a God who would just blind people and turn them away like that. Why try to follow a God who gives such horribly little hope? It seems like every time I read the Bible anymore, all I find is less hope and more of a reason why I don’t have any faith in salvation.
Jesus said that he never said anything in secret but spake openly to the world. And yet, he mostly spoke in parables and said many things to his disciples in secret. And he even said that he spoke in parables because he didn’t want them to understand.
I pray not for the world but for those who you have given me in the world/For God so loved the world/for I came not to the world but to save it...In Jesus’ words(not perfectly written from how the Bible says it because my memory is deteriorated.
im not trying to judge God, I’m just trying to understand. Please help me understand.
I just trying to reconcile all this and still follow God and find his love. I just can’t seem to put this all together, am I wrong? I would really like any help. God bless you.
I’m truly sorry but it’s all I can think of to say. I can only be honest. I’m sorry God.
God says he desires that everyone be saved. Then, in John, Jesus plainly says that he blinded people and hardened their hearts so that they would not believe and repent and be saved. How is this Just? He desires all men everywhere to be repent and be saved but he only predestined a certain number of people to be saved?the rest he just doesn’t care about? Where is the love in creating a whole world that he knew most people would burn in hell forever? And he only chose a few that would be saved. It makes me think that there’s not even any point in following God anymore if there are such slim odds. Why would I give up what little tone I have on earth to spend with the family I love and to help others, to serve a God who promises hardships, promises that the world will hate them, and then tells us that many will even strive and still not be able to enter. To serve a God who would just blind people and turn them away like that. Why try to follow a God who gives such horribly little hope? It seems like every time I read the Bible anymore, all I find is less hope and more of a reason why I don’t have any faith in salvation.
Jesus said that he never said anything in secret but spake openly to the world. And yet, he mostly spoke in parables and said many things to his disciples in secret. And he even said that he spoke in parables because he didn’t want them to understand.
I pray not for the world but for those who you have given me in the world/For God so loved the world/for I came not to the world but to save it...In Jesus’ words(not perfectly written from how the Bible says it because my memory is deteriorated.
im not trying to judge God, I’m just trying to understand. Please help me understand.
I just trying to reconcile all this and still follow God and find his love. I just can’t seem to put this all together, am I wrong? I would really like any help. God bless you.
I’m truly sorry but it’s all I can think of to say. I can only be honest. I’m sorry God.
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