"Good verse - it clearly shows that belief in Jesus is the work of God not man."
I respectfully disagree.
It is the work that we are set to do.To have the truths of God 'sink in'.God knows how we are wired (obviously!)and knows that we can have an intellectual knowledge of something and a heart knowledge of that same thing.How many times have we all heard someone say "I know but it hasn't sunk in yet"? When something sinks in is when we begin to act more appropriately to what we know.Things 'sink in' when we mull them over in our minds,when we start to think about the ramifications,the consequences,when we (in spite of how we feel) purposely bring them again and again to the front of our thinking.
Hebrews 4:11 - Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Philippians 2:12 - Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 3:14 - I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
The hoped for result?
Ephesians 3:16-19 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Romans 10:9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Belief of the heart (that which has sunken in) is what saves and is what we are told to work towards.Paul said he counted himself as having not attained but instead pressed toward...intellectual belief must proceed (with much labour,dilligence etc) toward heart belief so that we will not be ashamed at His appearing.
There really is no such thing as 'easy believism'.
Mark 5:36 - As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
sorry circlecity meant to ping you to above.
I don’t know who you thought you were disagreeing with. I originally posted the verse only. The response you seem to be disagreeing with was posted by someone else in response to the verse.