if God loves us so much, why does he judge us and people go to hell. why doesn't he make us be good, by using his power and controlling us. i mean, he has all that power...
2007-01-15 13:00:25 · 38 answers · asked by Marie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He has given us free will, we must choose to love and accept Him not be forced to. If we choose not to then we have made the choice to go to hell He doesn't send us there.
2007-01-15 13:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by Nani 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been taught that we are here on earth as a kind of test, the book for our learning is the Bible and if we live a life of obedience to it we can go back to live with God. In order for this to work we have been given our free agency which is the power to chose and also opposition in all things in other words good and evil so we can exercise this power.Of course He could control us but have you noticed how negatively we humans feel towards someone who exercises control over us.We love to be the masters of our own destiny,and besides if He were making all the choices how would we learn what's good or not for us.
2007-01-15 13:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by Georgewasmyfavorite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God made us with free will, if he used us like puppets then there would be no free will. God wants YOU to CHOOSE him, not just make you come to him because he knows he can. Those that say life is all about choices, are right. God gives us the outline for life in the bible, also with the understanding that we're all human. We are imperfect beings, God made us that way. We can strive to be perfect all we want, but will never be perfect as humans. But we have the choice, how we live our lives and what we choose to believe, helps God judge us.
2007-01-15 13:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some times people teach the wrong things out of misaligned
beliefs, but just remember God is Love and then ask would the
God of Love do this or that and the Love thing is right
2007-01-15 13:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are correct, God does Love us. That is why he created us to Love Him in return. God does not want robots to worship Him.
Would you want a hug from a robot, or from a human being, with passion, emotions and feelings. God is Love, He also craves love, just like us. How sad it would be for God if He just forced us to love Him. Try that with your next significant other, the next person you date, try to force them to love you.
It doesn't work. The better question I see is: Why don't people want to love a Savior who was beaten, whipped, spit upon and nailed to a cross for their benefit. How could you not love a person and want to be with the person that suffered that for your benefit? God wants us to genuinely love Him as He does us.
God could have made us robots, but then we could never truly love Him back. God Bless You....Peace.
2007-01-15 16:33:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus loves the little children....and yet, 30,000 of them die every day of malnutrition and disease. I hate to think how they'd suffer if Jesus hated them! And for all God's alleged "love," there isn't a single example of it in the Bible. Every act of God is accompanied by bloodshed or the threat of violence. He is angry, jealous, vindictive, and plays favorites. He demands that people forgive each other 77 times, then threatens infinite damnation for finite sins. He demanded animal sacrifices by the thousands and when that wasn't good enough, he had some innocent guy die a miserable death on a cross, shedding human blood to "save" humanity from his own wrath, and still nothing has changed for the better. There is still war and pain and suffering and hunger, and this God shows no sign of wanting--or being able--to stop it. If there is a God, I wish he would stop "loving" us all, because he is loving us to death.
2007-01-15 13:16:56 · answer #6 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Right to Enter Paradise
Death is inevitable. The thief on the cross knew when his would occur, but we can not predict our own. After his death, the crucified criminal went to live in paradise with Jesus. Some of us will also live eternally in God's presence. But others will experience everlasting torment, forever separated from Him.
If we receive Jesus as our Savior, our penalty for sin is paid. We are adopted into God's family, and Heaven is our eternal home. If we reject Jesus, we remain alienated from the Lord and under condemnation for our sin. We are destined to experience eternal judgment. God won't accept any of man's excuses because there is no acceptable defense for unbelief. (Acts 4:12)
Become part of God's family today. Acknowledge your sinfulness, and express your faith in these words:
"God, I have sinned against You. (Romans 3:23) I've followed my own way and refused to give You the right to rule in my life. (Romans 3:10-12) I recognize I am separated from You and cannot rescue myself. I do believe that Jesus Christ is Your Son. I accept the truth of the Scriptures? that His death on the cross paid my sin-debt in full. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) And I ask You to forgive me of my sins. (1 John 1:9) By faith, I receive You, Lord Jesus, as my personal Savior from this moment on."
If you just spoke those words to God, then, like the thief on the cross, you have received salvation? a gift of God's grace. The heavenly Father welcomes every person who comes to Him through His Son, regardless of background, age, or current situation. Through Jesus, the right to enter paradise is yours!
2007-01-15 14:55:23 · answer #7 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Marie,
There is absolutely no IF about it.
God loves us.
He knows what we need far far better than we do.
He does not send anybody to hell. In fact He does not want anybody to be eternally separated from Him.
I'll be glad to paste The Father's Love Letter here if you aren't familiar with it.
2007-01-15 13:11:04 · answer #8 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is Love and love means choice(free will). He gives us the Scripture to protect us from suffering. Hell is not eternal it is a place to go to get very bad Karma (reaction to our sins) One must understand Karma and reincarnation to understand Gods unlimited mercy and love. The concept of eternal hell is man made idea to control the citizens. for Christs original teachings go to gospelofthenazirenes.c and for universal understanding go to harekrishnatemple.c on Reincarnation karma, etc.
2007-01-15 13:06:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He has done everything for the salvation of mankind as it is.. Not wanting a race of robots running around saying "I love God, I love God". He gave us freedom to reject Him so that when we except Him our love is the real thing.... Jim
2007-01-15 13:33:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋