A Difference of Style?

I find this interesting. 

2 Timothy 4:2-5(NKJV)

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 

and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 

But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Here is what I find interesting about it.  Paul seems to be saying "do whatever it takes to convince people to accept Jesus.".  But is that what Jesus would do?
 

My belief is that today's Christians expend way to many resources and energy trying to convince people to accept Christ.  What should they do instead?  Present the gospel, give people a chance to choose, accept their choice, and move on.  There are more people out there that need to hear the Gospel for the first time  so that they can make a choice.  To me that seemed be the way Jesus did things. 
 

As you read the Gospels you see where more than once Jesus simply tells them that if they want to play games and ask gotcha questions, they can pound sand.  He, Jesus, wasn't going to play their silly games and answer their gotcha questions.  In other words, He wasn't going to try and talk them into it.

I guess I attribute this to a difference of style more than anything else.  Is it a big deal?  Not to me.  The Bible quite clearly tells us that we all have different strengths and abilities chosen and given to us by God to accomplish His purposes in our lives.  So it makes sense that we are all different and we are all going to approach our work for God in the way that He directs us, we won't all be doing it the same.  Pretty cool actually!