Many religious people feel that God is judging them; that they have not done enough to be accepted by God.  Jesus knew that sensitive hearts would feel like that (1 John 3:20-21), so He told them plainly that He had not come to judge them, but to save them.  The devil (the word means accuser or slanderer) is called ‘the Accuser’ for good reason; he accuses God’s people of the sins for which they have been forgiven, rubbing our noses in our own dirt; and, like a prosecuting lawyer, screams out the details of our sinful lives in God’s presence - trying to persuade Him to abandon His mercy and grace towards His people and condemn His own Bride (Revelation 12:12).  

Although everybody is a sinner, Jesus did not come to destroy them but to open salvation to them.  Yes, His Word and His Spirit will convict the guilty world of the offensiveness of their sin to God and reveal the right way to live.  The Spirit will also be clear that judgement will come to Satan and all who stand with him in rejecting the authority of Jesus (John 16:7-11).  The Father’s purpose in sending Jesus to earth was so that all those who believe in Him will be saved from God’s wrath and live a new life in Christ.  But the people who will experience the terrible weight of God’s judgement on the Last Day are those who reject Jesus.
 
In the meanwhile, until Jesus comes again, God is patient:  He does not want anyone to perish but longs that people will believe in Jesus and be saved (2 Peter 3:9).  The call to receive this salvation is not just an invitation, but a command. Acts 17:30 says, “In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.” To rebel against that command is highly offensive to God. If people persist in rejecting Jesus, they must suffer the full force of God’s judgement on the Last Day.  
 
In the same way that Jesus Christ called people to obey Father God’s command to believe in Jesus and not reject Him, the Body of Christ (the church) now has the same responsibility.  Evangelism is not just behaving in a godly manner and praying that people will believe in Jesus.  Nor is it only telling people about Jesus.  Certainly, all that is included; but the focus of evangelism is calling people to put their trust in Jesus, in obedience to His command.  Of course, we do not have authority over people to make them do what we say, but we are under God’s authority to tell them about Jesus and urge them to respond to Him.  We must do so gently and respectfully (1 Peter 3:15), but we need to make it clear that we have obeyed the call to repent and believe … and the same message is for them also.