Does God know everything, past present and future?

Question

If so, why make a bunch of people (Buddhists for example) who are just going to go to hell... do not pass go, do not collect $200.

Answer 1

Everyone has a choice, God does not "make" Muslims, etc. He may know someone will make choices that turns them into a Muslim, but God values our choices. Look, if God wanted to just let everyone into heaven that loved him, and cast away the rest into hell, he can do so WITHOUT putting us on earth first. But why would he let us be on earth when he knows we wont serve him anyway? Well imagine if you were created straight in hell... You could easily argue, "God I never had a choice to follow you!", but since you were on earth you DID have choices, and so you get to understand why you go to heaven or hell. Remember though, no one goes to hell if they doesn't deserve to be there according to God's judgement. So why didn't God create just Christians? Well, firstly that would be a form of force since we'd all be destined to go to heaven. Secondly, God might use the life of a non-believer to somehow affect another person into believing. If no one was criticising the Bible, for instance, you probably wouln't have historians and archeologists who back up the Biblical claims with as much evidence as possible. If you didn't have those scholars defending the Bible from skeptics, you might not have as many people who believe in the Bible. At the last, remember that God's knowledge and foresight exceeds are own, and what we may not think is "woth it" he does. Plus think about it, do you think us mere humans are worth the sufferings Jesus undertook? I don't want anyone suffering for me, but it just goes to show how sometimes God might do something we think is wrong, but to him it is extreme mercy and love.

Answer 2

God doesn't make Buddhists. God doesn't make Democrats. God doesn't make dietitians.

What God does is makes people. And he gives people the choice of seeking him or not. People make individual choices, such as to practice Buddhism, align with the Democrat party, or choose an educational and career path as a dietitian.

Does God know everything--past, present, and future? Yes, he does. Because he knows what we will choose does not negate our choices.

That is, at any moment, we have the option to seek the living God. If we are born, say, Taoists, this doesn't prohibit us from seeking the living God. If we are born Buddhists, this doesn't prevent us from seeking the living God.

There have been Buddhists, e.g., who have come to know the living God through his Son. It happens. All manner of people have come to know Christ. Their circumstances of birth, or their other life choices, did not prevent their search.

Answer 3

For the same reason He created you and me. Given the free choice to accept His love and authority or not. Which person would you rather be married to a person that honestly of their free will loves you or a pre-arranged marraige regardless of any mutual connection. God would rather have use accept and follow Him rather than force us. He certainly has the power to do that. That's another reason why God works through us to pass the Gospel on to others so that they may hear His word.

Answer 4

God does know everything past, present, & future. But God is a Just God, that is why he gave all a free will choice to everyone.

Answer 5

we've all been to college. And understand that if we don't learn (maximum persons on an analogous time as some can slide via without interpreting) we are dealing with the effect of our failure. yet all of us understand the policies. basically like our mum and dad had policies for us as quickly as we've been youngsters. Or society has regulations that we ought to obey. yet as quickly as we disobey them we are dealing with penal complex time. We make those regulations and expectancies without understanding who will finally end up doing what. it relatively is people who do no longer meet those expectancies that run into the effect of the regulation. In a small way i'm hoping this enables you to understand this comparable situation is occurring right here. no person is familiar with the recommendations of God. So no you will anticipate who will bypass to heaven or who won't. yet God did leave us a e book to let us know what to do and what God's expectancies are. If we persist with that e book and obey his words and settle for God's way of salvation by using Jesus Christ. we are able to fulfill God's expectancies. so as that all and sundry which happens does have reason and purpose. If we as popular human beings persist with the expectancies of guy so as that we are going to no longer ought to bypass to penal complex. Then so this is genuine for believers who settle for and obey God's expectation for salvation so as that we are going to no longer face the punishment that God says he has there for people who do no longer persist with that way. Worship is what we do in on a regular basis existence. God needs a residing sacrifice for him. no longer as some religions espouse that dying is a thank you to glorify God. God needs our habit, theory, and be conscious and recommendations-set to be surrendered to his will and that's the basically good form of worship. Take care.

Answer 6

God does not make them anything, except human, and no matter what religion you are born into, God will see to it that you are informed about Jesus Christ, therefore given the chance to believe in Him, regardless of what religion you are raised in. Therefore if any person ( ANY PERSON ) ends up in Hell, it is only because they have DENIED the Son of God, Jesus Christ. It will be because they refused to believe the Truth. ONLY those who believe in Jesus Christ will go to Jesus Christ's KIngdom in Heaven.

In His Holy and Precious Name, Jesus Christ

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Answer 7

God wants all people to love him and come to him and accept his son Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. Those that don't, such as buddhists, athiesists, chose to make that decision. This is called free will.*

Answer 8

This is a hard and strong answer but this is what scripture says about this question.

Rom 9:19 One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?"
Rom 9:20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "[8]
Rom 9:21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?
Rom 9:22 What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath--prepared for destruction?
Rom 9:23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory--

Note: I believe I am not taking this passage out of context but if I am please correct me. Blessings

Answer 9

If they hear of Jesus and His good news it will be up to them if they accept His Salvation or not.

If they do not hear of Jesus or His good news, then they will be judged on what they did know.

It is up to us to tell every one we can of Jesus and His good news, even Buddhists.

Answer 10

It's possible for everybody to go to heaven;but it's up to each and every individual to choose christ so that they will go to heaven.If you dont choose christ then you're pretty much choosing to spend eternity in the lake of fire.