A Few Good Questions

Tuesday evening, October 21, 2008 [clear and 680],
In all probability I will be misunderstood; however, I am going to take the risk and ask this question: During Jesus' life on earth, how many converts did He make? Let me ask it another way: How many examples are there in the Scriptures of Jesus making a convert to Christianity? Let me ask it this way: How many examples can you find in the Scriptures where Jesus presents the gospel to someone and they repent, ask for forgiveness, pray the sinner's prayer and make a confession of faith? Let me regroup and ask my risky question this way: How many times in the Scriptures do we see Jesus preaching, then giving an altar call that is followed by a group "walking the aisle" and, thus, inviting Jesus into their hearts? After you do your research, I would really like for you to forward your responses to me, as I am very interested in learning what you find.
Now, let me ask you another question: How many examples can you find in the Scriptures where Jesus is presented with a golden opportunity to make a convert but, instead, He throws the opportunity to the wind? Look carefully because I think you will find more of these than the other. If you choose to look carefully, I think you will find that Jesus would flunk Evangelism 101 in most (if not all) Seminaries; to be sure, He would be excluded from Tuesday Night Visitation.
Ready? Good! Now see how many examples you can find where Jesus not only "throws the golden opportunity to the wind" but also offends the one who seems to be interested, so much so that one would wonder if he/she would ever return. Again, if you should look carefully (really you won't have to look very carefully at all) you will find that He never made coming to Him attractive or easy; much to the contrary, His "theme song" went something like this: If you want to join my team, if you want to follow me, then you had best fasten your seat belt because it ain't going to be what you think (I said that "G" rated in order to keep you reading; When He spoke, He didn't seem to care whether we continued or not).
OK. Do your homework and let me hear from you.

Have a great night,
Mac