Additionally, because they do not believe the Christian is in a real battle, they are more like game show hosts who are trying to keep their audience entertained and interested in their show. Without the realization that we are in a real battle for our souls there is no incentive to take the Christian life seriously. Because no matter what they do they think in the end they ll be in heaven. This deception greatly troubles me. Sin is more deadly and more deceptive then most Christians even begin to understand.
Sin deludes our thinking.
Sin can make us imagine that we really aren t straying that far from Jesus. If we do not think we can fall away then our fear of sin will be greatly diminished. Once our fear of sin is diminished we can be easily led down a path that takes us further and further away from God. Sin will keep us from seeing how far off the path we have gone. We will of course be aware of the fact we have gotten off the path but we will not be afraid because we think we can t lose our salvation.