It is a demonstration (work)of faith, presented as much or more for non-believers, as it is for believers.
Where were the non-believers Acts Ten? How 'bout Acts 16 when the jailer and his family were baptized in the middle of the night?
Believing 101, but a high hurdle for the legally inclined.
See also: bibliolatry, bibliolatrist, n. —bibliolatrous, adj. /bib'lee ol"euh tree/, n. excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted. [1755–65; BIBLIO- + -LATRY]
(Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary)
— id est, undue regard for the Bible itself — especially as privately interpreted.
We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth?
Immersing oneself in progressive lieberalism is no different than bathing in the sewage of Hell.
