Doctrines to Be Emphasized in Evangelism 159 was shown by Micaiah, when he stood before Ahab, Jehosaphat and the four hundred lying prophets; or Simon Peter when he said to the threatening, wrathful rulers of Israel, “We can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” There never was so much need of fearlessness on the part of the servant of God as in these days; brave true men, who will not receive honors of men, or seek their own, are absolutely necessary to successful evangelism. THE MESSAGE Now then, as to the message itself: Timothy was com manded to “Do the work of an evangelist;” and, in doing it, to “Preach the Word * * * with all long-suffering and doc trine.” Doctrinal preaching is therefore necessary to evan gelistic success. But what doctrines? I answer, First, Sin — its universality, nature and consequences. (a) Universality. “As by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned, * * * by one man’s offence death reigned by one, * * * by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation, * * * by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners,” etc. (Romans 5:12- 21. See also Psa. 51 :5 ; 58:3 ; Ecc. 7 :20 ; Rom. 3 :10 ; 1 John 1:8, 10, etc.) (b) Nature. There are numerous words in the Bible ren dered sin; and these words mean iniquity, offence, trespass, failure, error, go astray, to cause to sin, and miss the mark. In 1 John 3 :4 we are told that “Sin is the transgression of the law.” The word rendered transgression is anomia, and means lawlessness. Failure to conform to the law is as cer tainly sin as to violate the commandments of God. Unbelief is sin. (John 16:9; 3:18 .) In Genesis 6 :5 we are told, “God saw that the wicked ness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagina tion of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,”
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