Well, when you get married, you want to develop a deeper relationship with your husband or wife, right?
Cause basically, once you're married it's (supposed to be) a done deal. You have all the benefits of being married available to you and you're not going to take them?
Entering a relationship with God is not like winning the lottery, only for the end prize. God is all about relationship.
Growing in that is the best part of the Christian life.
Yes, I agree. It goes back to the Garden. God and Adam had relationship up until the point where he ate the forbidden fruit.
My contention is that faith takes action. I do not believe that by simply reciting the sinner's prayer at one time in one's life, that there will be an eternal reward. One has to actively practice that faith throughout one's life by developing that relationship. Without it, how will Christ be able to intercede for us as we sit in the Judgment Seat since we never took the time to know Him?
Thanks for the links. I will check them out later when I have more uninterrupted time.