
If there is no free will, do people have a choice to believe in God or not? What isn’t God created the fallen world and believers can get ordeal and disease. The key here is being saved doesn’t mean there isn’t ordeal. People that are saved are then basically awaiting for Christ’s 2nd coming. So what do we do in the meantime?
Evidently they believe in god because they want god to take away some free will. Which honestly I don’t disagree with it sucks that schools and hospitals are being bombed for 1 person being there. It sucks that 328 journalists have been killed in direct strikes for publishing stories not fitting to the Israeli propaganda agenda
The meantime is the kingdom is at hand and in us because Jesus laid it out. The beatitudes is a beautiful summary but he mentioned it in other parts of the Bible. It is the glory of God, faith in him that can move mountains, love your neighbor, regardless what the world does. Nothing outshines Jesus.
Ordeal exists because we are in a fallen world. God allows space to be away from him. Jesus himself is perfect yet God gave his only son to pay for all sins. Ordeal can happen for various reasons as in a lesson from those as a witness, as punishment, or the free will of others who choose to be away from God.