"Easy believism" could well be the greatest deception of the Christian church!
Psalm 116:10 says, "I believed, therefore have I spoken." This Scripture is repeated again in the New Testament in 2 Corinthians 4:13.
Men, I believe that faith without confession is just a lot of religious humbug. It counts for nothing. Bread is not bread until it is baked.
John 12:42-43 tells us, "Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God." I believe that their failure to confess Jesus revealed that they did not have saving faith at all. Their so-called belief in Christ was not sufficient to make them faithful to confess Him before their fellow men.
"Easy believism" could well be the greatest deception of the Christian church. It's okay to divorce one's spouse because of so-called "irreconcilable differences." What a cop out! It's okay to cheat on your spouse? No, it is not! Where is the faithfulness in that?
Faith without faithfulness is part of the broad way that leads to destruction.
Men, it is definitely not my desire to sound judgmental, for it is the grace of God that leads us to repentance, but repent we must for this sloppy, mushy thing we call the 21st century church.
Be encouraged. Colin