Here are a few excuses why you are putting off Salvation and rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ; you won't ever hear this down at the church house these days:
* You would rather be right with this world than with God.* You would rather please the people of this world, rub elbows with them, and neglect Christ.
* You seek this world's smile, approval, friendship and head nod, rather than God's smile.
* You think what you are doing with your life is much more important than what Christ wants in your life.
* You put worldly relations, possessions, or ambitions before Christ Jesus and your own soul.
* You would rather offend God than some worldly companion or relative.
* You love the praise of men more than the praise of God.
* You would rather offend God than some worldly companion or relative.
* You love the praise of men more than the praise of God.
* You have a deadly appetite and love for your own sins.
* You have a very high opinion of yourself, and you don't think you've really done anything amiss.
* For some insane reason, you think that your own righteousness will in some way help satisfy God's Divine Justice in Eternity.
* You intend to mend yourself in some way and set things right with God by your own efforts.
* You are going to try to do your best, and by some means get by the White Throne Judgment at the last day. But you haven't done your best on any day of your life, and you will never be able overcome your sinful habits without Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Give up thinking you can, for as long as you think you are good in any way, you can never be saved from your sins. Your self-righteousness is in direct opposition to God Himself.
* The real reason you will not come to Christ is that you believe in yourself. You believe in yourself in some vain way, don't you? Self-satisfaction and self-esteem are perilous and damnable things. That which is highly esteemed among men (self-esteem) is abomination in the sight of God.
* You have a strong distaste for confessing and forsaking your sins, and approaching the presence of a holy God through the one Mediator between God and men, the Lord Jesus Christ.
* Darling sins, sinful pleasures, secret sins, private designs, worldly companions, old friend, self-trust, superstition, conceits, delay, opinions, mammon, immorality, indifference, thoughtless and careless, frivolous, superficial religion, giddy, sex perversion, hardness of heart, hatred of God, casinos, bars, esteem of yourself, love for the world
* You will not leave your real master which is Lust. Loving sin is absolutely fatal. When sin is loved, Christ is ignored, forgotten, rejected.
* You think you are too good, or too bad, or it too soon to be saved, or too late to be saved.
* You are too busy to think about reality and Eternity.
* You are too smart and proud to humble yourself like a little child before the Lamb of God at the Cross and trust to His Precious Blood shed for the ungodly.
* The Gospel is too humbling, too Holy, too simple, too plain, too hard to understand, too good to be true. Human nature will dream up any reason in order to put off Jesus Christ and remain in the darkness of sin.
* You are a religious pretender and coming to Christ would expose your hypocrisy.
* You abhor the thought of God's Omnipresent, Omniscient eye watching you at all times.
* It is too hard to spend a single hour alone looking into the world to come, facing death, judgment and Eternity; confronting your sins and wretchedness. You would rather kill time and keep yourself amused and entertained. The time you have wasted here on Earth will accuse and condemn you before God. All will be known at the Day of Judgment; there will be no secrets then.
* What you are here in time, you will be forever in Eternity.
* You are living to make a buck, cheat someone, and make a name for yourself. You live to exalt your name, not the name which is above every name, the Lord Jesus Christ.
* You are a workaholic, and for some strange reason, you just can't seem to find time to seek mercy from God through the atoning blood of Christ Jesus.
* You prefer your sins to the Savior; you are very fond of your iniquities. You will huff off or smile off a witness or invitation to come to Christ.
* You use skepticism to try to muffle your guilty conscience, but your conscience is faithful to remind you of your wrongdoing, guilt and lost state.
* You are indulging in some secret sin at the expense of your immortal soul.
* You reject Christ's Deity and despise His Blood Atonement.
* You have good intentions and you plan to carry them out one day soon.
* You have no real love for the God of the Bible.
* You prefer your righteousness over Christ's Righteousness.
* You have some prejudice towards some professing Christian, that has not lived up to his profession.
* You are fearful of considering your sinful past. You defy your Maker, trample His Son's Blood, and despise His free grace - this is suicide to your soul.
* Your friends, fun, and finances have you distracted. The devil's decoys have placed you in a deadly situation.
* Procrastination is dangerous and damnable; carnal hesitation, careless lingering in sin, sin lover, self lover, doubter, undecided, double-minded, lascivious pleasures, licentious desires, selfish gains.
* Secret motives, love of money, revelry, self-righteousness, obdurate attitude, religious pride, liquor, intellectual pride, bad company, selfish intentions; the world's friendship, smile and applause.
* No sacrifice is too great or expensive for a man's lust. Whatever a man throws his money at is his "god". The lost worldling will do whatever it takes to live a Christ-less life of sinful merriment in rebellion against God.
* Be wise, have mercy on your own soul, let your love for sin go! Flee to Christ Jesus, God manifest in the flesh, now for His free mercy and forgiveness found only in His Precious Blood.
* You have a very high opinion of yourself, and you don't think you've really done anything amiss.
* For some insane reason, you think that your own righteousness will in some way help satisfy God's Divine Justice in Eternity.
* You intend to mend yourself in some way and set things right with God by your own efforts.
* You are going to try to do your best, and by some means get by the White Throne Judgment at the last day. But you haven't done your best on any day of your life, and you will never be able overcome your sinful habits without Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Give up thinking you can, for as long as you think you are good in any way, you can never be saved from your sins. Your self-righteousness is in direct opposition to God Himself.
* The real reason you will not come to Christ is that you believe in yourself. You believe in yourself in some vain way, don't you? Self-satisfaction and self-esteem are perilous and damnable things. That which is highly esteemed among men (self-esteem) is abomination in the sight of God.
* You have a strong distaste for confessing and forsaking your sins, and approaching the presence of a holy God through the one Mediator between God and men, the Lord Jesus Christ.
* Darling sins, sinful pleasures, secret sins, private designs, worldly companions, old friend, self-trust, superstition, conceits, delay, opinions, mammon, immorality, indifference, thoughtless and careless, frivolous, superficial religion, giddy, sex perversion, hardness of heart, hatred of God, casinos, bars, esteem of yourself, love for the world
* You will not leave your real master which is Lust. Loving sin is absolutely fatal. When sin is loved, Christ is ignored, forgotten, rejected.
* You think you are too good, or too bad, or it too soon to be saved, or too late to be saved.
* You are too busy to think about reality and Eternity.
* You are too smart and proud to humble yourself like a little child before the Lamb of God at the Cross and trust to His Precious Blood shed for the ungodly.
* The Gospel is too humbling, too Holy, too simple, too plain, too hard to understand, too good to be true. Human nature will dream up any reason in order to put off Jesus Christ and remain in the darkness of sin.
* You are a religious pretender and coming to Christ would expose your hypocrisy.
* You abhor the thought of God's Omnipresent, Omniscient eye watching you at all times.
* It is too hard to spend a single hour alone looking into the world to come, facing death, judgment and Eternity; confronting your sins and wretchedness. You would rather kill time and keep yourself amused and entertained. The time you have wasted here on Earth will accuse and condemn you before God. All will be known at the Day of Judgment; there will be no secrets then.
* What you are here in time, you will be forever in Eternity.
* You are living to make a buck, cheat someone, and make a name for yourself. You live to exalt your name, not the name which is above every name, the Lord Jesus Christ.
* You are a workaholic, and for some strange reason, you just can't seem to find time to seek mercy from God through the atoning blood of Christ Jesus.
* You prefer your sins to the Savior; you are very fond of your iniquities. You will huff off or smile off a witness or invitation to come to Christ.
* You use skepticism to try to muffle your guilty conscience, but your conscience is faithful to remind you of your wrongdoing, guilt and lost state.
* You are indulging in some secret sin at the expense of your immortal soul.
* You reject Christ's Deity and despise His Blood Atonement.
* You have good intentions and you plan to carry them out one day soon.
* You have no real love for the God of the Bible.
* You prefer your righteousness over Christ's Righteousness.
* You have some prejudice towards some professing Christian, that has not lived up to his profession.
* You are fearful of considering your sinful past. You defy your Maker, trample His Son's Blood, and despise His free grace - this is suicide to your soul.
* Your friends, fun, and finances have you distracted. The devil's decoys have placed you in a deadly situation.
* Procrastination is dangerous and damnable; carnal hesitation, careless lingering in sin, sin lover, self lover, doubter, undecided, double-minded, lascivious pleasures, licentious desires, selfish gains.
* Secret motives, love of money, revelry, self-righteousness, obdurate attitude, religious pride, liquor, intellectual pride, bad company, selfish intentions; the world's friendship, smile and applause.
* No sacrifice is too great or expensive for a man's lust. Whatever a man throws his money at is his "god". The lost worldling will do whatever it takes to live a Christ-less life of sinful merriment in rebellion against God.
* Be wise, have mercy on your own soul, let your love for sin go! Flee to Christ Jesus, God manifest in the flesh, now for His free mercy and forgiveness found only in His Precious Blood.
