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God's Word is obviously not that straight forward. Your understanding is "but they must come to Him and seek forgiveness".
The bible says none seek Him, all have gone astray. So I take that to mean that none will come to him and seek forgiveness unless he draws them to Himself first. Other scriptures say we are dead in our trespasses and He quickens us.
So, yes people understand the scriptures in many different ways. That's why we have 35,000 Christian religions all claiming to be the one true one.
The bible says none seek Him, all have gone astray. So I take that to mean that none will come to him and seek forgiveness unless he draws them to Himself first. Other scriptures say we are dead in our trespasses and He quickens us.
So, yes people understand the scriptures in many different ways. That's why we have 35,000 Christian religions all claiming to be the one true one.
Most denominations differ in tradition, or how they do things, not so much in doctrinal truths.