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Can Jesus force you to 'believe' if you decide to no longer do so?

Ezek 15:8
and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD.

Matt 13:58
And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Matt 17:20
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Mrk 6:6
And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

Mrk 9:24
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Mrk 16:14
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

John 20:27
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and examine my hands. Extend your hand and put it into my side. Do not continue in your unbelief, but believe."

Act 19:9
But some grew obstinate in unbelief and spoke evil of the new faith before all the congregation. So Paul left them, and, taking with him those who were disciples, held discussions daily in Tyrannus's lecture-hall.

Rom 3:3
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

Rom 4:20
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

Rom 11:20
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

Rom 11:21
for if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], He will not spare you either.

Rom 11:23
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

Rom 11:30
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

Rom 11:32
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Hebrews 3:19
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Hebrews 4:6
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.