My Pondering
That is the very truth, almost verbatim, in which I heard before I gave my heart to the Lord. Sometimes we have to get humbled the hard way before we realize God’s way is not only the best way but the only way.
THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS
These spiritual laws spring forth from love. They are the core of the Gospel. They are ‘tried and true’ and were created for ‘me and you’. Yes for you unless you are a bot. Sorry, no bots 🤖 just for sinful people in need of a savior.
The Four Spiritual Laws is the title of an outreach booklet created by Campus Crusade for Christ founder Dr. Bill Bright.
LAW l
God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.
LAW ll
Man is sinful and separated from God. Therefore, he can not know and experience God’s love and plan for his life.
LAW lll
Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for man’s sin. Through Him you can know and experience God’s love and plan for your life.
Law lV
We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Then we can know and experience God’s love and plan for our lives.
Law I emanates from:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
John 3:16
eternal life.”
Scripture also gives us a key reason that Jesus did what He did for us:
“I have come that they may have life,
John 10:10
and have it to the full.”
The first of the Four Spiritual Laws contends with, “What is blocking me from God’s love? Why is life so hard? Why are there so many people having train wrecks”
When God set forth Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the Word says,
“And God looked upon all that He had made,
Genesis 1:32
and indeed, it was very good.”
Law I – God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.
‘Very good’ was about perfect but mankind messed it up and disobeyed as we all know and all still experience to this very day. That’s is what Law ll contends with; man’s woeful fall and separation from God.
Law II – Man is sinful and separated from God. Therefore, he can not know and experience God’s love and plan for his life.
As a result, we cannot know God’s wonderful plan for our lives. Our relationship is severed.
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
“the wages of sin is death.”
Romans 6:23
According to the Holy Bible, God created us to have fellowship with Him; a dynamic personal relationship. However, to enable our capacity to know and love Him, He created us with some of His amazing attributes at in Genesis it states we were created in God’s image, which included a free will. From this free will, humanity chose to disobey and brought sin into the world.
As a result of that fatal decision in which satan duped Eve and Adam complacently consumed that forbidden fruit, mankind is spiritually and hopelessly separated from God.
Thankfully, God’s love prompted to Him deliver a solution.
LAW III – Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for man’s sin. Through Him you can know and experience God’s love and plan for your life.
Based upon these Scriptures:
“but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.”
First Corinthians 15:3-4
Jesus Christ stated He is the ONLY way to salvation here:
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
John 14:6
No one comes to the Father except through me”
The fourth spiritual law answers how you can receive this gift:
Law IV – We must place our faith in Jesus Christ as Savior in order to receive the gift of salvation and know God’s wonderful plan for our lives.
We read:
“But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.”
John 1:12
“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.”
Acts 16:31
“Salvation comes through grace alone,
Ephesians 2:8-9
through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone.”
We must ‘trust and obey’ for there is no other way.
The Decision is yours
Are you willing to place your faith in Jesus Christ as your Savior and receive this free gift of eternal life?
If so, do it now.
There is no special prayer you must pray. Words alone will not save you. Only Jesus can save you. It simply needs to be sincere, humble, and come from your heart.
Here is a guide; the following prayer is one you can use to tell God you are ready to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior:
“Dear God, I realize I am a sinner separated from You. I can never reach heaven on my own. You, and only You, have made provision for my sin.
I hereby place my faith in Jesus Christ. I believe God’s Son died for my sins on the cross and He rose from the dead to give me eternal life. I want You to be Lord of my life.
Please forgive me of my sins and help me to live for you. Thank you for accepting me and giving me eternal life.”
If you pray this prayer, please let me know. I want to celebrate 🎉 with you and happy to help in any way I can.
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