The Gospel in a Nutshell

Here’s the Gospel in a nutshell:

If you have a dirty face you don’t know this until you look into a mirror. In the same way, we don’t realize what a bad state we are in until we look into the “mirror” of the Ten Commandments. When we disobey the commandments in the Bible we “sin.” To “sin” means to not follow Ten Commandments or be selfish. To sin is to disobey the Almighty.

Have you ever sinned?

“Have you ever told a lie? What does that make you? Have you ever stolen something, even something small? What does that make you? The standard of the Law acts as a mirror for people to compare themselves to. The bible says that having hatred in your heart is equal to committing murder. “Whoever is angry with his Neighbor without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment,” Matthew 5:22. And the Bible says, “No thief will inherit the kingdom of Heaven,” 1 Corinthians 6:10. Revelation 21:8 states, “All liars will have their place in the lake of fire.” The Bible declares that if we have broken one commandment then we are guilty of breaking them all. One sin makes us sinful and separated from the Almighty. “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the Torah to do them,” Galatians 3:10.

Have you ever done these things? Have you ever told one lie? Or stolen anything in your life, even something small? If so then you are a liar and a thief and you are in danger of judgment.

By your own admission you are a lying, stealing, adulterer at heart and will face the Almighty on judgment day. As you face judgment day, will you be guilty or innocent? Are you going to Heaven when you die? Or will you perish? Are you concerned about this?

The Bible says that the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life. Can you see the Ten Commandments are like the mirror — they show us how bad we are, and how we need to be clean before the Day of Judgment? The Lord doesn’t want you to be punished.

He loves you so much that He made a way for you to be clean before Judgment Day.

By repenting of your sins and calling upon the name of Jesus, you can receive the gift of eternal life and be born again. “God showed His great love for us in this manner – while we were still sinners Jesus died for us,” Romans 5:8. So, what should you do? Ask the Lord to forgive you for the Commandments you’ve broken (called “sin”), and then give your life to Jesus. The Bible calls this being “born again.” When you are “born again” it is like you die to your sins and you begin to live for the Lord by following the Lord and listening to His Spirit.