“What you win them with, is what you win them to”

I heard a good phase today.
“What you win them with, is what you win them to”
This is a terrific phrase because of the truth within it. When it comes to Christianity and more specifically the concept of leading people to Christ, it should be Christ that wins those people over.
More and more today we have large churches that make attendance into a numbers game but Jesus didn’t do this. Jesus spoke the word of GOD without shame and without apology; he did not shape the message to fit the people in other words. He instead wanted the people whom were willing to shape themselves to the word.
There are a lot of churches and preachers that are trying to shape the word to the people in order to win more people over which at face value sounds good because there are lots and lots of people attending these churches and listening to these preachers however what were they won with?
When you win people over by presenting the bible and its wisdom in a more appealing way but overall compromise the fullness of the word to make it seem more “doable” or to cater to the world then have won people over to a self-serving form of Christianity. People need to come to Jesus on his terms not their own.
Jesus never chased anyone down and made deals with them to make them follow him, he never compromised the word to get followers as a matter of fact he did the opposite.
Consider the story of the wealthy young ruler who spoke to Jesus
In Matthew chapter 19: 16 through 22
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[e] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, “Why do you call me good? [f] No one is good but One, that is, God. [g] But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ [h] and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ” [I]
20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. [j] What do I still lack?”
21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
And what happened after this? Jesus was sorrowful that the man chose his possessions over GOD and left instead of denying himself and worshiping his possession (Idols). But what did NOT happen was that Jesus did NOT go after him and say, never mind maybe you could sell just some of your stuff and give the money to the poor, or maybe you can just keep your things and follow me anyway. Jesus didn’t compromise it is how it is, are you in or are you out.
That is the true Jesus and if you are winning people over to Christ then be mindful that you are winning the them over with Christ, because as the quote says “what you win them with is what you win them too” and how sad it would be to end up in front of the Lord and have him say as he said in the beginning of Matthew “ you cried to me Lord, Lord but I did not know you.