Dr. R.G. Lee's list of conversion excuses and questions

36. Excuse

"I am afraid of persecution."

Answer: It is a cowardly thing to deny Jesus Christ.

"But the fearful...shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."  (Revelation 21:8) 

"Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." (Mark 8:38) 

So little is asked for so much in return.  

"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." (Romans 8:18)

It is all or nothing. 

"If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us" (2 Timothy 2:12) 

You join a select company. It is a chance of a lifetime to do something worthwhile.

"Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets." (Luke 6:22-23)

He does not ask you to do anything for him that he did not do for you. (Hebrews 12:2)

37. Excuse

"I think Jesus Christ is one of the great men of history."

Answer: He claimed to be God. 

"Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God" (Philippians 2:6)

He was put to death for this claim. (Matthew 26:63-65). 

The resurrection substained this claim. 

"Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it." (Acts 2:24).

The moral grandure of his life surpasses anything on record. 

"Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?" (John 8:46)

No one has so influenced history (Luke:2:34)

There is the repeated testimony of personal experience. 

"And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world." (John 4:42)

There is the open challenge to prove his divinity for yourself. 

"Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own." (John 7:17)