In Acts chapter 8, we read about a man who professed to be a believer, but time proved that profession to be empty. He wanted something out of Christianity that would be prestigious and monetarily valuable. He wouldn’t be the first phony, nor would he be the last. People like him attend church every Sunday.
Does the Bible address these phenomena? Glad you asked.
For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
They were in the church of Philippi and they are in your church.
Give it some thought.
Gary