Payed price of life to gain new life from Christ

2 Kings 17:24-41
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthan, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites.
They first lived there, they did not worship the Lord, so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people.
It was reported to the king of Assyria, so king of Assyria gave this order:
"Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires." One of the priest who had been exiled fro Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the Lord.
Nevertheless, each national group made its own gods in the several towns where the people of Samaria had made at the high places. They worshiped the Lord, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.
To this day they persist in their former practices They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands that the Lord fave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
Why?
Over the course of some years Assyria repopulated the land with over conquered peoples, each with its own religion. But troubles are attributed to their failure to placate the local god and an Israelite priest is sent back as a missionary.
Most of the customs of the nations are conflicted with the commands of the Lord. So to be a Christian have to make a decision to choose which way he want to walk on, and walk on the way of Christ usually has many suffering from the environment. So it is need the faith and strength from the Lord.
Even there were a missionary who sent by king of Assyria, people still do not worship the Lord with all their heart and mind.
How?
Most people like to follow the customs of the nation, for they afraid the persecution if they don't follow it. To be a Christian need pay the price of life to gain new life from Jesus Christ.