Top 10 Excuses

For not continuing my witness after today…

 1. Scared to get Rejected
• What are we more worried about?
• What God thinks about us or,
• What man thinks about us??
• What is the worst thing that can happen to
us when we share our faith?

They can kill us and send us to Heaven! Is

that such a bad thing?
 2. Afraid of Losing a Friend
 If I would die and go to Heaven and my
friend would die and go to hell, what
kind of friendship do we have?
 If we are not eternal friends, are we
really friends at all?
They may say, “He is the only friend that I
have got that is into this whole God and
religion thing.”
They will realize that you are the only friend
that they have that cares where their soul
spends eternity.
 3. They Have Already Heard
• Repetition is very
valuable when it
comes to witnessing.

• This might be the

perfect time for them.
– You may be the one
who reaps the seed that
another has planted!
Paul Lafleur Witnessing in Olde Towne
 4. I Don’t Know How to Witness…
• That is why you are here!
• Didn’t someone lead you
to Jesus?
• Transition the
conversation with
someone:
• Can I ask you an
interesting question?
• Can I ask you a tough
question?
• Luke 12:12 says, “For the
Holy Spirit will teach you
in that very hour what you
ought to say.”
 5. I Have to Much to Do
• What is more important…?
– Studying for a test?
– Your job?
– Planning your vacation?
– Making “salvation bands” or the bake sale at
church?

• Or…

Preaching the Gospel to the lost that Jesus died for.

 6. I am Just Lazy…
How do you think God feels when I say I am lazy, but
multitudes of people die and go to hell every single day?

As a Christian, what is more

important than seeing your
home, your school, your city,
your state, your country, your
world coming to the saving
knowledge of Jesus Christ?
 Charles Spurgeon
The saving of souls, if a man
has once gained love to
perishing sinners and his
blessed Master, will be an all-
absorbing passion to him. It
will so carry him away, that he
will almost forget himself in
the saving of others. He will
be like the brave firefighter,
who cares not for the scorch
or the heat, so that he may
rescue the poor creature on
whom true humanity has set
his heart.
 Romans 10:13-17
For whoever calls upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him
in whom they have not believed? And how shall
they believe in Him of whom they have not
heard? And how shall they hear without a
preacher? And how shall they preach unless
they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful
are the feet of those who preach the gospel of
peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
 7. I Don’t Know Enough

• If it was a prerequisite for us to

know enough, could anyone of
us ever share our faith??
• This is the one way that you
will learn the most about your
faith!
• You are saved and they are
lost. Who knows more in
every single conversation?
• Memorize the 10
Commandments
 Charles Finney

“If you do not make it a

matter of study, how
you may successfully
act in building up the
kingdom of Christ,
you are acting a very
wicked and absurd
part as a Christian.”
 Oswald J Smith
• Oh my friends, we are
loaded down with
countless church
activities, while the
real work of the
church, that of
evangelizing the
world and winning the
lost, is almost entirely
neglected!
8. They Won’t Want to Talk About It

• At the most 50% of

those we ask won’t
get into a
conversation.
• This is a crazy world
we live in. Lost
people know that.
They are curious as
to what is going on.
9. I Can’t Answer Their Questions
• That is a good
question, and I don’t
know the answer.
Would you like to
know the answer?
• Yes? What is your
email, address, phone
number…This now
allows follow-up and
shows that you care.
 10. This is too Confrontational…
• Acts 18:28 – “…for he (Paul)
vigorously refuted the Jews
publicly, showing from the
Scriptures that Jesus is the
Christ.”
• The Gospel is confrontational
• We need to deliver the truth in
love.
• It is better to leave a sinner
convicted and angry, than to
have a decision without
repentance…
The Spiritual Firefighter
(The Bunker Gear of God)
 Live Fire Training
• Watersource Ministries would like to thank
– Mark Cahill (www.markcahill.org) for his books
• The One Thing You Can’t Do In Heaven and One Heartbeat
Away
• And for his continued example of radical obedience to God’s
directive to preach the Gospel to every creature
– Living Waters Ministries
• Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron and Mark Spence
• For their Gospel tracts, books and incredibly helpful website –
www.livingwaters.com
– Both ministries having provided the permissions, research
and information that made this presentation possible
– Steve Wilson (Xtian) for his video compilations and
dedication to the Gospel and reaching the lost
– All of those who helped us to get our start
• Especially Jesus Christ – The King of Kings, without
Whom, none of this would be possible! Even So,
COME LORD JESUS!