Third, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of the gross sexual immorality practiced in those cities. We could do so by assuming that Christ's sacrifice covers deliberate sins that we intend to keep on committing rather than sins of human imperfection that we are trying to put behind us. But the Bible disagrees. Jesus did not say that people who begin the Christian course are saved. The Bible likens our Christian course to a race, with salvation being the prize at its end.
Obedience is required.
So we must do more than simply hear and believe. The Bible book of Revelation contains messages from Jesus, transmitted through John to seven early Christian congregations. He praised their deeds, their labor and their endurance and spoke of their love, faith, and ministry. That would require effort. It would change our lives.