What Does It Take for God to Save a Sinner?

Salvation is not an easy thing. It is not a simple thing for a sinner to exercise faith in Christ. I know that in this day of mass-evangelism, easy believism, and decisional salvation, the statement I have just made will not be popular, nor will it be quickly received. Some of you may even become angry at hearing it. But hear it you must. It is not an easy thing to be saved. Let's see if the Word of God will back me up in that statement. — It is not an easy thing to be saved.