Why do people choose differently?

Pride. The same reason Satan rebelled.
Please don't bang your head. :laugh:

 

Gambling.

People gamble with their lives, they drive too fast,( why was one killed and others not) they drink too much, (why did some of

them get liver desease) they eat wrong foods,( why did some get heart attacks and some don''t) they put theirselves in

positions where they may be killed,( why are some killed but others escape, why does one soldier get killed and the others

don't?) etc. and also saying to themselves I love

darkness but still don't want to be lost, so before I die I will turn to the Lord. Unfortunantly, death over takes most in their

sins before they turn to the Lord. ( some do turn before death, some do not, because we were all sinners) While I was a

sinner, I knew I was a sinner because of the Spirit that teaches man right from wrong. I wanted to live in darkness as long as

I could before turning to the Lord. One day I realized that death was closer than I thought so I began praying until the Lord

forgave me and accepted me into the fold. Thank you Lord. It is what is called "life".
BBob

 

Does a loving God send people to hell for making "mistakes" and "accidentally" selecting the wrong decision?

 

Accidentally?

 

NP, I'm not sure I can answer your question. I recognized an enormous need for God and pride flew out the window at that moment. Although, prior to that time, I was in a constant state of rejection of God. But, certain things happened in my life that made me realize that I needed God because I had come to the end of myself. I turned to God in total humility and begged for mercy and the rest is history.
PRAISE :jesus:

 

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Paul asked the same question, Npet. Well, almost the same.

I Cor 4:7: "For who maketh the to differ from another? and what has thou that thou didst not receive?....."

You asked, to paraphrase, when one accepts the offer of salvation and another does not, what is the differentiating factor betwen the two.

Paul asked, not what makes one different, but who makes one different from another. And he says immediately afterward that whatever we have was given to us.

I think the clue to the answer to your question lies in the wording of Paul's question.

 

answer right before your eyes!

Nothing like asking a question thinking it is a tough questions when it fact it backs up free will.

Why you ask....the answer is right before you! FREE WILL

:tonofbricks:

 

I think you'd have to ask the person who made the wrong decision. But, I would bet they would say because they don't need God, which is pride.

The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.

 

You are humble, but they have pride. They are "fools", but you are not, right?

 

Does the following describe everyone?

 

Why do they have [more] pride, but you don't?

 

"Free will" describes the fact that each person makes his own distinct conscious willful decisions. It may be the effect, but it cannot adequately be the cause. Why does one "make a decision for Christ" and the other does not? Do we make choices in a vacuum? Do we just pick Christ through eeny-meeny-miny-moe, or Let's Make a Deal?

 

I have been honest. It seems the only answer you consider to be honest is the one that agrees with you.
I know that you want me say that I chose God not because of my own free will, but because I was one of the "elect". You want me to say that the person who rejects God did so because he was not chosen and therefore not regenerated. You want me say that God gave me the ability to chose Him, but He did not give the ability to the person that rejected Him.
Now, if you were being honest, you would admit that.