Is that really enough, though? What if a person doesn't understand that True Faith means receiving the Circumcision of Christ? And what if they don't understand that this means that the Sinful Nature, or the Mind of the Devil, will be removed from their hearts and they will, thus, no longer sin? What if a person doesn't understand that? How, then, can they agree with what it means to be a True Christian? If a person doesn't understand what it is that they're giving up, how can they Truly Submit to Christ?
Example: I actually attended a Baptist "church" where the preacher taught that we didn't have to stop sinning. Do you see? Under that form of immature preaching and teaching, his "flock" was unable to enter into a right and Justifying relationship with Christ because they weren't being taught the True Gospel, but instead, a false gospel. Amazingly, this pastor literally told me, at 80 years old, that if he didn't see a hot, young, gorgeous woman walk in front of him and if he didn't tell him self, "Man, I want that!!" Then he, which he said himself, he would be "dead."
We MUST understand the Circumcision of Christ if we are to make a True commitment to Jesus. We MUST understand that it means that we will be giving up alcoholism. Porn addictions. Sexual relationships. Stealing. Belittling others. On and on and on.
2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV - "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord."
So . . . who [is] being changed? Are "you" being changed? If not, why? Is 2nd Cor 2:18 only applicable for others and not "yourself"? Is 2 Cor 3:18 just nice, easy reading? Or, is it the Truth?
Who . . . is being changed?