Does obsessing make it hard for you to understand the bible? Ill give a quick example (this thread isnt about the example, but just a way of explaning what i mean) I noticed that some Christians believe God loves everyone, I also noticed that some Christian believe God dosen't love everyone. For me as much as i seem to research and think about thingss, its hard for me to come to an answer that would have me believe a certain doctrine, this usually leads me to sitting in the middle (not picking either side) and this in it of it self causes problems for me. Does anyone else have this problem? what helps you move from not being on either side to picking one that you believe to be true?
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Read scripture for yourself and trust that God will show you the way in truth. Don't go looking for doctrine or two sides of a story. God will open your eyes to truth in scripture. And usually you can tell what doctrine is fake. Scripture says what it says, and nothing needs interpreted except for parables and prophecy. The easiest way to determine false doctrine is to look hard to find the one that twists the words of scripture, or to find other scripture that outright contradicts that said doctrine. False doctrine usually involves selfish mostives or disbelief. There are people who have created a god that would never send anyone to hell. They take hell right out of the equation because they don't "want" to believe in it. But that doesn't mean hell doesn't exist.
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Yes I do this. This is why I gave up on Chruch but I'm going back because it's starting to renforce my social anxiety and I need fellowship. But ya I get caught in the trap of reading something in the bible and I don't quite get it then I'll wake up in the middle of the night and Bam I got it.
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