We do have free will. If we chose God we are not promised no suffering, we ARE promised eternity with Him. If we chose Satan we may have it easier here on earth but we will spend eternity suffering in Hell. Unlike Satan God wants us to come to Him freely not with coercion. Right now we are seeing Satan force us to chose him over God!
Ok really poor analogy, but did you wake up your pet? You do take care of your pet. You provide for your pet. You protect your pet. Your pet has the free will to misbehave but you are less likely to keep a pet that does. Even if you love your pet you don’t usually want to be bitten, or have your stuff destroyed. Mess too often on the floor and most people give up on their pets, turning them in for others to deal with. Of course there are people that purposely chose pets that would turn off the typical owner or train them to be what most would consider unacceptable behavior. Now realize we are not pets in any way but the analogy fits. Your pet has free will to reject the owners favor or not. Those pets that chose to love us back may still have bad things happen. IE: illness, accident, loneliness when the family is away but they still give us love and we as owners reward their loyalty.
God gives us insurmountable grace as we face our days but we’ve still have choice to follow His guidance to make our lives easier and not end up in a pound or we can reject Him and face the consequences of our choice. I pray that you realize God is not just a set of rules but a real entity. He actually lives in our lives even if we can’t see Him. He wants us to accept the gifts He offers us and realize if we do we can remain in His presence forever. Please try to think of Gods from a different perspective. He is not threatening you with Hell but trying to save you from it.
This makes no sense to me. God created everything including hell, no? He created the rules that determine if you go to Hell. He's the one who ultimately decides if you go to Hell. This is the definition of threatening you with Hell if you don't follow the rules. Now you could argue that someone may deserve that punishment for their actions on Earth, but that's an entirely different point than God somehow trying to "save" you from something he created and something that he imposes on you.
We do have free will. If we chose God we are not promised no suffering, we ARE promised eternity with Him. If we chose Satan we may have it easier here on earth but we will spend eternity suffering in Hell. Unlike Satan God wants us to come to Him freely not with coercion. Right now we are seeing Satan force us to chose him over God!
Ok really poor analogy, but did you wake up your pet? You do take care of your pet. You provide for your pet. You protect your pet. Your pet has the free will to misbehave but you are less likely to keep a pet that does. Even if you love your pet you don’t usually want to be bitten, or have your stuff destroyed. Mess too often on the floor and most people give up on their pets, turning them in for others to deal with. Of course there are people that purposely chose pets that would turn off the typical owner or train them to be what most would consider unacceptable behavior. Now realize we are not pets in any way but the analogy fits. Your pet has free will to reject the owners favor or not. Those pets that chose to love us back may still have bad things happen. IE: illness, accident, loneliness when the family is away but they still give us love and we as owners reward their loyalty. God gives us insurmountable grace as we face our days but we’ve still have choice to follow His guidance to make our lives easier and not end up in a pound or we can reject Him and face the consequences of our choice. I pray that you realize God is not just a set of rules but a real entity. He actually lives in our lives even if we can’t see Him. He wants us to accept the gifts He offers us and realize if we do we can remain in His presence forever. Please try to think of Gods from a different perspective. He is not threatening you with Hell but trying to save you from it.
This makes no sense to me. God created everything including hell, no? He created the rules that determine if you go to Hell. He's the one who ultimately decides if you go to Hell. This is the definition of threatening you with Hell if you don't follow the rules. Now you could argue that someone may deserve that punishment for their actions on Earth, but that's an entirely different point than God somehow trying to "save" you from something he created and something that he imposes on you.