The message boils down to, "You are a mess, you were born this way, nothing you do on your own can fix that, Jesus came to fix it on your behalf, and the only way to avoid hell is to accept Jesus' help and follow him. Oh and upfront, following Jesus will get you disliked by society at best and killed/tortured at worst." Add to that Jesus' claim that he is the only way to avoid going to hell. That means ALL other faiths are wrong.
That's an offensive message, even if it is the truth.
People want to believe that they're in control of their own lives and that they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. People also want to live like tomorrow will never happen (drunkenness, debauchery, fornication, adultery, etc.). So they're more inclined to believe whatever allows them to live the life they want.
The Gospel is offensive
The message boils down to, "You are a mess, you were born this way, nothing you do on your own can fix that, Jesus came to fix it on your behalf, and the only way to avoid hell is to accept Jesus' help and follow him. Oh and upfront, following Jesus will get you disliked by society at best and killed/tortured at worst." Add to that Jesus' claim that he is the only way to avoid going to hell. That means ALL other faiths are wrong.
That's an offensive message, even if it is the truth.
People want to believe that they're in control of their own lives and that they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. People also want to live like tomorrow will never happen (drunkenness, debauchery, fornication, adultery, etc.). So they're more inclined to believe whatever allows them to live the life they want.