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Agreed, but if folks have been presented that message, they have been presented a false message.I've been thinking a little more about this and another reason comes to mind.
There is a message some (probably more than we want to admit) churches have spread over the past half century/century. "Come to church and meet God. Your life will be easy peesy and all will be well until you float away on clouds into Heaven."
Ok. I may be stretching it there a bit but you get the premise. When life gets hard and folks have heard it will be easy and things don't turn out as they think they should, they give up.
This is why Bible study is important. We aren't promised an easy life.