One either accepts Christ’s teaching or denies it, there is no middle of the road , one cannot pick and choose : I like this and I don’t like that , this still fits in with the trends of the world today, into the spirit of our time, in my comfortable life, but that is very harsh talk. The most common cause of the rejection of Jesus in our times is that He asks for something that cannot easily be done, accepted without faith, without making sacrifices . 