Have you ever offered an excuse as to why you do not serve Christ?  Many different excuses are given in answer to this question.  The Bible has the correct answer for all our excuses and our questions.  Let us examine some of these.

• But I am too great a sinner.
  1. God saves us from our sins.
     
  2. The answer is found in Isaiah 1:18.
     
     Isaiah 1
     ¹⁸  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
  
  
• But I Do Not Know How.
  1. To be a Christian one must forsake sin and believe.
     
  2. Isaiah 55:7, John 3:16, Acts 16:31, John 1:12.
     
     Isaiah 55
     ⁷  Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
     
     John 3
     ¹⁶  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
     
     Acts 16
     ³¹  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
     
     John 1
     ¹²  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
     
  
  
• But I Must Prepare Myself.
  1. Salvation is a gift.
     
  2. Ephesians 2:8, Luke 23:41-42.
     
     Ephesians 2
     ⁸  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
     
     Luke 23
     ⁴¹  And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. ⁴²  And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
     
  
  
• But I Want To Have A Good Time.
  1. We reap what we sow.
     
  2. Luke 12:15-21, Galatians 6:7-8.
     
     Luke 12
     ¹⁵  And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. ¹⁶  And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: ¹⁷  And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? ¹⁸  And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. ¹⁹  And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. ²⁰  But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? ²¹  So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
     
     Galatians 6
     ⁷  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ⁸  For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
     
  
  
• But I Do Not Have A Good Feeling.
  1. It is faith not a feeling.
     
  2. John 3:36.
     
     John 3
     ³⁶  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
     
  
  
• But Not Today.
  1. We need to seek now.
     
  2. Isaiah 55:6, II Corinthians 6:2.
     
     Isaiah 55
     ⁶  Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
     
     II Corinthians 6
     ²  (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
     
  
  
• But There Are So Many Hypocrites.
  1. What is that to us, we are to look unto Christ.
     
  2. John 20:21-22, Isaiah 45:22.
     
     John 20
     ²¹  Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. ²²  And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
     
     Isaiah 45
     ²²  Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.