Witnessing In Spite of Obstacles - Part 5

Answering Excuses With Bible Texts

We must be prepared to meet a person’s objection or excuse with a “Thus saith the Lord.” Here is a pratial list of texts for meeting certain common excuses.

1. “I can’t leave my church.” Rev. 18:4; John 10:26,27; 12:42,43; Matt. 7:22,23.
2. “I can’t make a living if I keep the Sabbath.” Matt. 6:33; Ps. 37:3; Isa. 65:13,14; Isa. 58:13,14
3. “I will lose my job if I keep the Sabbath.” Matt. 16:25,26; 1 Tim. 4:8.
4. “It is inconvenient to keep the seventh day and follow this doctrine.” Matt. 16:24; 10:38.
5. “I am too great a sinner.” 1 Tim. 1:15; Heb. 7:25; Isa. 1:18.
6. “I am afraid I can’t hold out.” Jude 24.
7. “I can’t live up to the truth.” 1 Cor. 10:13; 2 Cor. 12:8,9; John 1:12.
8. “I am not good enough.” 2 Cor. 8:12.
9. “People would talk about me.” John 17:14; Luke 6:22,23,26; Prov. 29:25
10. “My friends would ridicule me.” John 15:19; Mark 8:34; Jam. 4:4
11. “My husband, wife, father, mother brothers, and sisters will oppose me.” Matt. 10:36,37; Luke 14:26,27.
12. “My preacher and my friends advise me against this.” 1 Kings 13:1-26: Acts 4:19; 5:29.
13. “It will cause trouble and division in my home if I take my stand for this teaching.” Luke 12:49- 53; 1 Kings 18:17,18.
14. “There is one thing (movies, jewelry, tobacco, etc.) which I cannot give up.” Matt. 19:16-22; 6:24; Luke 14:33; Matt. 13:45,46.
15. “No, not now.” Prov. 27:1,2; 2 Cor. 6:2; Heb. 3:13; Isa. 55:6; Gen. 6:3.
16. “I am waiting for my husband (or wife or a friend) so we can accept it together.” Eze. 14:20; 18:20; Rom. 14:12.
17. “I will wait until I have the right kind of feeling.” Isa. 48:18; 1 John 2:3.
18. “Too late, I have waited too long.” Eze. 33:19; John 6:37; Rom. 10:13.
19. “I tried once, I am afraid to try again.” Dan. 3:17; Rom. 4:21; 2 Tim. 1:12; Jude 24.
20. “How may I know that my sins are forgiven?” 1 John 1:9; Prov. 28:13.
21. “Some things are not clear yet.” John 13:7; Acts 1:7.
22. “I am not so bad.” John 3:18; Rom 3:23.
23. “God is love, He will save me anyway.” Luke 13:3; 2 Pet. 2:4.
24. “There are too many hypocrites in the church.” Matt. 7:1; Rom. 14:12.
25. “The step will cost me too much.” Luke 18:29,30; 1 Pet. 2:24.
26. “My job may be at stake.” Isa. 51:7; Job 13:14,15; Ps. 119:72, 127.
27. “I cannot leave my friends and relatives.” Ex. 23:3; Prov. 13:20.
28. “I believe it is not necessary to unite with a church.” Acts 2:47.
29. “I am too old to change my ways of life.” Gen. 6:3.
30. “I will wait until the Spirit of God convinces me.” Matt. 25:1-13.

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