Here's a great trivia question to ask if you want to sound really smart, "What's the shortest verse in the Bible?”…drum role please…the answer is John 11:35, "Jesus wept". History's greatest preachers have always proclaimed a simple gospel with few words and much power.
Paul brought the Kingdom of Heaven to the pagan city of Corinth with nothing more than a five-word Gospel, "Jesus Christ and Him crucified", backed up with the power of the Holy Spirit!
Peter needed only twelve words to declare the good news, "God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified both Lord and Christ". Three thousand believed and were saved the same day.
John only needed seven words to announce the end of the old Covenant and the bringing in of the new, "Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ".
Jesus needed just nine words to reveal himself as the answer to all our searching, "I am the way, the truth, and the life".
Or how about Anna Bartlett Warner’s words to a simple song known throughout the world, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the bible tells me so".
It’s just that simple. The Gospel of grace is always short, and it’s always sweet!
