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@Robyn🪴🧘🏻‍♀️🧠 Amen! That is very true, and I also turn to 2 Timothy 1:7 often

My question basically is...how do you justify it all and just believe?

@mental Warrior I am so sorry you are struggling with this. I too have struggled with biblical issues. Satan was the one who tempted Adam and Eve. If our human will had never been allowed to be tested and proved, then we would be nothing more than robots. God could have created us to love and obey Him automatically. But God’s desire was and is for people to love Him sincerely, obey Him willingly, and worship Him wholeheartedly. A book that is super helpful is titled DONE by Cary Schmidt.

@mental Warrior Because God had a plan from the very beginning. Yes people go to hell, but no because God sends them there out of hate, but because they refuse to accept the free gift of eternal life he has provided for them by dying and rising again for them. Your problem is that you think you know more than God, He is just and fair in all he does, there is none righteous but Jesus and the Father, his thoughts are not our thoughts and his ways are not our ways. You think because you’ve had a hard life that he isn’t good? Well you’re wrong, he is the only one that is good, he is the only one that loves you that much. I can’t answer all the why”s of why things happen the way they do, because I’m not God, but I know this he is good, I’ve experienced his goodness, I’ve experienced his love, and no matter the waves of adversity that come my way , he is faithful to me, he loves me, he died for me , he is there for me, he shows himself to be true to his word. Before I knew him, I was like you, searching and searching through other beliefs, and all I found was darkness, I physically saw demons and almost committed suicide, that was their plan for me, for me to kill myself, but Jesus had another plan for me and saved me, after I read the Bible and learned about him and what he did for me, I experienced him , and found out that he is more real than anything in this world, he saved my soul, and for the first time in my life, I experienced joy and true peace. I suggest you turn back to him, because the path where you are walking right now doesn’t lead to truth..there is only way, one truth, and life, and thats Jesus. I hope you turn to him , because you’ll know the truth one way or another, best do it while you’re alive. He loves you friend.. more than anyone, turn to Jesus.

@Jesuslovesme777 It's not because "I had a hard life" I just can't for the life of me just switch off my brain and believe, and if there is a God out there I obviously don't know more than him I just can't understand how y'all say things like "people refused to be saved by him"? Geographical aspects and cognitive pathways, family influence and more very human experiences even out of my life dictate peoples religious journeys and it's some how still completely their fault like without a doubt? That makes zero sense, and I was Christian, till this day I can say I loved it for the most part until I was stuck in my room having alone time with God...I got more confused and I was made to feel bad for the questions that I had, I mean looking at the proof of Jesus, God and all supporting aspects of Christianity I must say it makes a lot of sense but that's the huge thing! If I become Christian right now, it's because I'm scared to go to hell nothing more but that fear to go to hell isn't a great foundation for my faith in God I've tried that and it left me feeling like my life was about to end, I wish I had your experience with Christianity but I don't

@Jesuslovesme777 To be clear, I haven't ruled out Christianity, infact I'd love to be Christian honestly if God can save me well then I definitely want to be part of that but I'm suffocating mentally and I just feel like it's impossible at this point

@mental Warrior It’s okay to have questions, God answers many of our questions, but sometimes he doesn’t answer all of them, and that’s when you need to have faith, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5-6). And becoming a believer because you’re scared of going to hell isn’t a wrong reason for following Jesus! That was initially my reasoning as well! But then It turned into a wonderful relationship and changed my life forever. Please don’t give up on Jesus, because he will never give up on you, yes we have this mental illness and it makes everything so much harder, but when we belong to Jesus, we are sealed in him forever and nothing can undo that seal, and we have an eternal hope to look forward to. And even though some people in other countries haven’t been exposed to Jesus like others, that doesn’t mean they don’t still get a chance to know him! Many people in tribal areas and Muslims have spoken about dreams that they had where Jesus visited them, and they got saved! God will go out of his way to show himself to those people because he doesn’t want anyone to perish.. all will be given many chances to accept the free gift.. and don’t say it’s impossible for you friend, it’s not impossible at all, you are loved by him, wanted by him, and are currently being sought out by him.. Matthew 18:12-14 “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away! In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish”.