Common Excuses for
Not Becoming a Christian

1. I am too weak to live a Christian life. ( Matthew 1:21, Isaiah 26:3, 2 Corinthians 9:8, 1 Peter 1:5, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 5:4, Jude 24, )
2. The Christian Life is too hard to live. ( Proverbs 13:15, Matthew 11:28-30, Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Galatians 6:7-8, James 4:7, 1 John 1:9 )
3. I will have to give up too much. ( Matthew 6:33, Mark 8:34-38, Mark 10:29-31, Romans 8:32, 1 Corinthians 2:9, Psalms 34:9-10, Psalms 84:11 )
4. My friends and relatives will make fun of me. ( Matthew 5:10-12, Matthew 10:36-37, John 15:18-20, Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, 1 Peter 4:14 )
5. I am afraid I can not hold out. ( Romans 14:4, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Philippians 1:6, 2 Timothy 1:12, Hebrews 7:25, 1 Peter 1:5, 2 Peter 2:9, )
6. I am afraid I cannot forgive my enemies. ( Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 18:27-35, Luke 17:1-5, Ephesians 4:32, Philippians 4:13, Colossians 3:8 )
7. There are some things I cannot give up. ( Romans 6:11-23, Romans 8:1-5, Romans 8:12-13, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Colossians 3:2, Titus 2:11-12, 1 John 1:9, )
8. I do not have enough feeling or conviction. ( Mark 16:16, John 1:12, John 3:16-21, John 16:8-11, Romans 1:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 John 1:9 )
9. It is too hard to get saved. ( John 1:12, John 3:15-21, Acts 2:38-39, Acts 3:19, Romans 1:16 )

1. I believe all will be saved. ( Matthew 7:13-14, Mark 16:16, John 3:18, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, Revelation 21:8, Psalms 9:17 )
2. I will have another chance after death. ( Psalms 9:17, Proverbs 29:1, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Galatians 5:19-21, Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:14-15, Hebrews 9:27, Isaiah 49:8, 2 Corinthians 6:2 )
3. I must become better before I become a Christian. ( Isaiah 1:18, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah 13:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, 1 John 1:9 )
4. There is no harm in living like the world. ( John 15:18-19, John 17:16, Romans 12:1-2, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, 1 John 2:15-17, James 4:4 )
5. Salvation is not for everybody. ( John 3:16, John 6:37, Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-13, Titus 2:11-12, Revelation 22:17, )
6. No one can really know that he is saved. ( John 3:36, John 5:24, Romans 8:14-16, 2 Corinthians 5:17-18, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 3:15, 1 John 5:13 )
7. I am satisfied with my religion. ( Matthew 18:3, Matthew 16:6, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Galatians 5:19-21, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:14-15 )
8. If I live right, it doesn't matter what I believe. ( Matthew 16:16, Mark 16:16, John 3:14-22, John 8:24, John 14:6, Acts 2:38-39, Acts 3:19 )
9. I keep the law, so I will be alright. ( Romans 3:10-23, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:6-29, Ephesians 2:8-9, James 2:10 )
10. All men are children of God. ( Matthew 13:39, John 8:44, Acts 13:10, Romans 8:9-16, 2 Timothy 2:19, 1 John 3:8-10, 1 John 4:1-5 )
11. I lead a good moral life and I do the best that I can. ( Isaiah 64:6, Luke 16:15, Luke 18:9-14, Romans 3:10-23, James 2:10, 1 John 3:8-10 )
12. God will save me when He wants to. ( Matthew 18:3, Mark 1:15, Mark 16:16, Luke 13:1-5, 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9, Revelation 22:17 )
13. God is too good to damn anyone. ( Matthew 7:13-14, Matthew 7:21, Mark 1:15, Mark 16:6, Mark 9:42-48, Luke 13:1-5, John 3:16-18, John 5:40, Proverbs 1:24-33 )
14. There are too many things I can't understand. ( John 1:12, John 3:16, Romans 10:9-10, 1 John 1:9 )

1. I do not believe in God. ( Psalms 14:1, Mark 16:16, John 3:16-18, Romans 1:20, Romans 3:1-20, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15 )
2. I do not believe the Bible to be the Word of God. ( 2 Timothy 3:16, Authors claim to have been spoken to by God in over 2500 places in scripture. Old and New Testaments both center on the work of Jesus Christ and he gives His seal on the authenticity of scripture: Matthew 5:17-18, Matthew 8:17, Matthew 12:40-42, Luke 24:44, John 5:39. The New Testament (NT) references the OT 250 times directly and alludes to it another 850 times. Secular History confirms it and over 50 authors in the first 3 centuries quoted from it and gave authenticity to the events in the NT. Thousands of copies of the original manuscripts have been found as late as the 20th century, proving the accuracy of the earliest copies. )
3. I do not believe in hell. ( Psalms 9:17, Isaiah 66:22-24, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 13:38-50, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46, Mark 9:43-49, Luke 16:19-31, Revelation 14:9-11, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15 )
4. I do not believe in the atonement. ( Leviticus 17:11, Matthew 26:28, Romans 5:8, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:20, Hebrews 9:22, 1 Peter 1:18-23 )
5. I do not believe in any church. ( Matthew 16:18, Acts of The Apostles 2:47, Acts of The Apostles 11:26, Acts of The Apostles 15:41, 1 John 3:16, Romans 1:16, 1 Corinthians 4:17, Ephesians 5:23, 1 Timothy 3:15, Hebrews 10:25 )
6. I can not believe what I don't understand. (Do you understand computer technology, flight, refrigeration, cell phones? Yet, you use them. 1 Corinthians 2:14, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 )
7. I do not believe in the virgin birth. ( Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6-7, Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:31-35, John 1:1-14, Romans 8:3, 1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 2:9-18 )
8. I do not believe in life after death. ( Matthew 17:3, Luke 16:19-31, Luke 23:43, Revelation 6:9-11 )
9. I do not believe in the deity of Jesus Christ. ( Isaiah 9:6-11, Michah 5:1-2, Matthew 1:18-25, John 1:1, John 1:19-23, Philippians 2:5-11, Colossians 1:15-18, Colossians 2:9, Hebrews 1:1-8, 1 John 5:7-8 )
10. I do not believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. ( Luke 24:39, John 20:20-29, 1 Corinthians 15, Zechariah 13:6 )

1. God will not take me back. ( 2 Corinthians 7:14, Psalms 51, Matthew 1:21-35, Galatians 4:19, Galatians 6:1, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 2:1-2, James 5:19-20, Revelation 2:5 )
2. I have committed the unpardonable sin. ( Matthew 12:31-32, Hebrews 6:4-6, Hebrews 10:26-29, )
3. I cannot be lost, no matter what I do. ( Romans 6:16-23, Romans 8:12-13, 1 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Galatians 5:19-21, 1 Thessalonians 3:8, 2 Timothy 2:12, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:11-12, Hebrews 6:4-6, Hebrews 10:26-69, James 5:19-20, 1 Peter 2:20-22, Revelation 3:5, Exodus 32:32-33 )

1. Some other day; I have plenty of time. ( Proverbs 27:1, Proverbs 29:1, Isaiah 55:6, Luke 12:20, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Hebrews 2:3, Hebrews 3:15 )
2. I am too young to be a Christian. ( Ecclesiastes 12:1, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, Isaiah 55:6, Proverbs 8:17, Matthew 18:3, 2 Corinthians 6:2 )

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