Four Neglected Essentials of Evangelism: David Wissel (9Marks)

The Doctrine of God

This is why Paul, speaking in a pre-Christian context, spends almost 80 percent of his Mars Hill sermon establishing the doctrine of God (Acts 17:22–31). In the post-Christian West, such an approach may be just as necessary.

The Reality of Hell

We’re far less comfortable using hell in our evangelism than our forebears in the Patristic, Medieval, Reformation, and especially Great Awakening eras of the church. But we do lost people great spiritual good when we make it clear that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Heb. 10:31).

The Call to Repent and Believe

It is the promise of the gospel that whoever believes in Christ crucified shall not perish but have eternal life. This promise, together with the command to repent and believe, ought to be announced and declared without differentiation or discrimination to all nations and people.

The Role of the Church

The church is God’s evangelism plan. It is his ordained means of reaching the world. It was God’s idea to create a people out of nothing, calling sinners from darkness into his marvelous light so that they would proclaim the excellencies of Christ (1 Pet. 2:9–10). The saving, transforming power of the gospel displayed in the local church is the hope not just of Japan, but of the world.

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Four Neglected Essentials of Evangelism

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