@ fred Your so right as we read in
Rom_10:17 Then faith is of hearing, and hearing through the Word of God.
God has set merely 1 condition unto salvation by Him. we need to hear his word (or reading it the same). The amazing fact I realised is that an unborn baby could become saved in the womb if the mother (for example) reads the bible aloud…

Faith Comes by Hearing the Word.
God has told us that without faith it is impossible to please Him, but He has also told us how to get faith. If we don’t have faith, God is not to blame. To blame God for our lack of faith is nothing in the world but ignorance. If we act faith, we are to blame.
This is also true concerning faith for salvation.…[Read more]