You are free to make choices. You are not free to escape the consequences.
There's an old saying that nothing good happens fast. I don't know if that's altogether true, but it does have some bearing on Bible study.
Spend the rest of your life doing what God prepared you to do.
A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart.
If you cannot be accused of exclusivity, you are not discipling.
It's essential to growth. It's essential to maturity. It's essential for equipping you, training you, so that you might be an available, clean, sharp instrument in His hands to accomplish His purposes.