I think maybe your point #1 is the biggest reason people fail to share Christ. Often folks confuse knowing ABOUT Christ with actually KNOWING Christ. That essentially describes the first 30+ years of my life! It seems to me that an integral part of truly knowing Christ IS the desire to share him. It’s like having a couple of hydrogen atoms floating around in the vicinity of an oxygen atom. Once they bond, they’re a whole new compound. OK, I’m clearly not a chemist, but I think you get the point.

I’m not sure it really has anything to do with a “right” to salvation, although there are certainly those who think it is a right to be earned and not a gift to be shared. Once it becomes a right, it ceases to become a joy, doesn’t it?

I’m also not convinced it has anything to do with assuming everyone else is as comfortable as we are. Once we get comfortable, we probably cease to care whether anyone else is or not. I think there’s a big difference between taking comfort in our faith and being “comfortable.” Being comfortable connotes a certain degree of apathy, where taking comfort in faith exudes a deeper commitment.

I enjoyed your post, but wanted to get your thoughts as to why do those who claim “We’re saved by grace [which is God's unmerited favor]“, then do so little to offer it to other. If offering Christ to others is simply “one beggar showing another beggar where to find bread,” then why do we not share what we have?

(1) Because although we claim to know God, we really don’t.
(2) The joy of salvation is now considered a right, not a gift
(3) We’re so comfortable, we assume everyone else is too.
(4) …. what do you think?