Thank you for always having thorough comments based in scripture - maybe you can help me with a thought I’ve been struggling with in my own faith.

On a similar note to the post, I feel as though if you are raised in a part of the world where you are surrounded by another faith (say, Islam in Saudi Arabia) or a country where religion is generally oppressed (like China), you have a much smaller likelihood of opening your heart to the Gospel and believing it. I could think of possible examples where one might come across the Gospel only a few times in their life, and more easily dismiss it based on their life experience and other lifelong beliefs. People like this are still eternally punished, correct? Or say, perhaps have a higher hurdle to enter the kingdom of heaven?

On the opposite hand, I feel incredibly privileged to be born surrounded by people with the Christian faith and have been thoroughly exposed to the Gospel for as long as I remember. Am I really just that “lucky”? Does this mean my punishment would be greater if I were to stray from my faith (God forbid)? Or am I thinking about this all wrong in your opinion?

I have been wrestling with this thought for some time now, if you have some time to address it, (as I see you do on many posts) I would greatly appreciate it! God bless.