HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS?
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
Have you Heard of the Four Spiritual Laws?
Bill Bright was the founder of CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ). He started this missions organization out of a great desire to reach college students. A large part of CRU’s ministry is evangelism and outreach. Many people have been in churches but have never accepted the gospel for themselves. Many people have never heard of Jesus before. Bill decided to create a booklet called Have You Heard of the Four Spiritual Laws?
The four laws are simple and biblical and have led thousands upon thousands to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. They are:
1. God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life.
The first spiritual law starts by explaining that God loves you. Many people have never heard this before. They may have heard that God is always mad at them or does not care about their small lives. However, John 3:16 shares that because God loves the world, He sent Jesus so that we could have eternal life with Him. This is why the gospel is called the “good news.”
2. We are sinful and separated from God. Therefore, we cannot know and experience God’s love and plan for our lives.
In order for anyone to see their need for a Savior, they must come to the reality that they are sinful. Romans 3:23 tells us that we all sin and fall short of God’s glory. This spiritual law explains that we had a right relationship with our Creator God, but we chose to sin. We rebelled against Him and broke that unity. There is nothing that we can do to erase sin. We can strive to reach Him through good deeds, religion, or philosophy, but it does not address the sin that separates us.
3. Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for our sin. Through Him alone we can know God personally and experience God’s love and plan.
Romans 5:8 shares that Christ demonstrated His love by dying on the cross for us. Jesus became the payment for the price of all our sins. Then, 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 says that He rose from the dead.
4. We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God’s love and plan for our lives.
The fourth spiritual law comes to a place of decision. It is one thing to hear this, but it is another to personally accept this gift of salvation. John 1:12 says that in receiving Jesus’ death and resurrection on our behalf, we become children of God. Ephesians 2:8-9 tells us that we receive Christ through faith by His grace. When we receive Christ, we experience rebirth. We are spiritually reborn. John 3:1-8 tells of Jesus teaching this concept to Nicodemus. When we receive Jesus as our Savior, our hearts are made new and the Holy Spirit enters, sealing us as God’s own.
Review these four spiritual laws, do and believe what they say, and you will be saved.
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by John Grant
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