That seems like a pretty capricious God you serve. My God works His will despite the frailty of his people. It’s called grace and mercy —undeserved and impossible from a human standpoint. Were the 9 lepers struck down again after only the one returned?
If God requires goodness without His providence, what need of a Savior? All our righteousness is as filthy rags.
“That seems like a pretty capricious...”
No, the Lord gave us responsibility. He tells us to pray and to worship in His Word. He wasn’t joking. If we don’t pray, if we don’t worship, then things that are supposed to happen won’t.
It isn’t God’s fault. It is our fault when churches get lazy.