I so much agree with you. I would say, though, that people need to start initially by reading the Bible, whichever version, so that they can come to know Jesus. They need to know what Jesus taught and how to follow Jesus. Without reading the word in scripture, they have no understanding of what Jesus is about or what He taught. So, they don't know how to follow Jesus. To me, it is not automatically given by God just because people ask Jesus into their hearts. They have to have an understanding of what having a heart is because it is all about the heart. Even Christians are not perfect. We still sin. The only way to reduce our amount of sin, is to know what sin is. Not all people know this inherently. So, careful study of the Bible tells them what is of God and what is not of God. Once they know that God is love and that Jesus told them to love, then they know God. Then, they don't need to spend as much time in the word because The Word is in them.