Hey - I like that ‘tude! Great point; dealing with these clowns who arm themselves with lies, misdirection and false witnessing is one helluva lot easier than taking on a lion or that dude with a net and trident - thanks! This is positively Bozo’s Circus compared to real problems from the past.
Not really, The problem then is the same problem today.
"For by grace are ye saved through faith. And that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast." (Eph. 2:8,9).
"And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thess. 2:10).