God calls the ones he knows will listen.
That is why he always calls simple people to be his prophets to give a hard message,
because he knows they will not have doubts about it.
Smart people are too smart to do what is right.
2 Cor 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight
Heb 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house;
Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed;
Heb 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son.
Heb 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,
See, the faith was recieved by WHAT GOD SAID (what you read in the bible)
and the OBEDIENCE sealed him
disobedience would have left him without real faith.
Obedience to all God says is the true faith
it is the narrow way
Teaching we do not have to do the bible is pure faithlessness and pure presumption and will not put you into good standing with God.