Try to imagine trying to sustain your interest in baseball by merely reading the rulebook. You have a very specific knowledge of how the game is to be played, but you have never observed a game being played. Or maybe you have never played the game. Many learn and obey the rules to be saved, but they are not experiencing salvation as an ongoing event. They have read the Bible, have a knowledge of the rules, they have obeyed the gospel in the past tense, but they are not experiencing the joy of God's presence and power.
Salvation becomes an open and shut case.
We have been saved. Now we are depending upon human reasoning to make our lives what we want them to be. Too often we come to the Bible to discover the rules to receive salvation and turn to the world for direction for our lives. We may subconsciously and unconsciously accept the view the Bible is irrelevant to how we live. We may turn to books on the bestseller list to discover how to live fulfilled lives.