Cannot invoke Jesus without obeying God first

Disgraced athlete Michael Vick is the latest to say he "found Jesus," thinking that just saying so makes it so. It is only the past several decades that people, either Catholic but mostly the Protestant and non denominational churches, have thought that just saying you are a sinner and found Jesus is somehow the free pass to forgiveness. You've got to be kidding. Is that the Venusian version of the Bible that you are reading? Or more likely the Neptunian version. Jesus preached to the Israelites, a nation of pious people who sins aside, well understood that they are responsible to God for their conduct and that they will be chastised. In addition, even the poorest and least lettered of Israelites studied the Torah and knew full well their obligations for living under God's law. Jesus was preaching to and calling to him people who were already pious and devout, humble before the Lord, excesses of faith aside. Jesus is not anyone's "pal" or get out of jail free card. Jesus was the Messiah, the one who brought a more intimate understanding of God to people who already knew God really, really well. Jesus brought and was, in his physical form, the New Covenant with God, fulfilling the Old Covenant, but not erasing the need for total obedience to God's will. People who ask for things in the name of Jesus have to know who God is first; Jesus makes that abundantly clear as he pointed back to God the Father in everything he said and did. This was NOT A TECHNICALITY. When Jesus said that all goes back to God the Father he meant it. So who is someone who says he "found Jesus" if he has no clue about God and his will? I was shocked when I first heard years ago that some believe saying the "sinner's prayer" and designating Jesus as their personal savior was all that they had to do. I must have missed that in my extensive knowledge of the Bible. (And the great great grandparents of folks who make this claim would have missed that in their Bibles too.) Where did God fearing go? And the recognition that one must walk continuously in God's presence? Not just calling on Jesus as pal when there is a whoopsie. Unbelievable. A lot of people are going to have a very unpleasant surprise.