Week Forty-Five, 2025
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.
Sometimes True Stories
“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8 NIV)
And what does the Lord require of you?
Act Justly… That is, to be honest; conforming to a standard of correctness; faithful to the original design.
Love Mercy… Forgiving; compassionate; withholding of the punishment that our sins deserve (Faithfulness—firm in adherence; utterly loyal).
Walk Humbly With God… To not think too highly of oneself; to bring low or prostrate; a show of submission; can imply meekness or gentleness.
Just as Micah shared this Word from the Lord to the people of Israel, this same message rings true today. Yet, we as a people, have seemingly forgotten what is required of us:
- To act justly.
- To love mercy.
- To walk humbly with your God.
A statement for the ages. Seems to me that if God said it, we might want to take heed and listen… and incorporate it into our day-to-day life. Maybe if we developed a campaign slogan, filmed a TV commercial, made a bumper sticker, or created a t-shirt, we could better remember. —Marty Stubblefield
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“The Lord sat as King at the flood; Yes, the Lord sits as King forever. The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.” (Psalm 29:10-11)
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Often, when believers experience hard times, they say, “Don’t worry, God is still on His throne.” That’s meant to be a reassuring statement. Since we experience difficulties all the time, however, we can remove the word “still” from that phrase. Thankfully, God is, and always has been and always will be, on His throne.
A throne is a symbol of authority and lordship over territory and people. Since God is the Creator of all that is, He has authority and lordship over all that is—including you, me, and everything else. And it encompasses good times and bad.
So, God is on His throne. Make Him your God by placing your trust in Messiah Jesus, and He will always be on His throne for you. —Rich Jensen
Quotes You Can Use
Savings can be created by spending less. You can spend less if you desire less. And you will desire less if you care less about what others think of you.
Your diet is not only what you eat. It is what you watch, what you listen to, what you read and the people you hang around with. Pay attention to what you feed your soul, not just your stomach.
Repentance is as much a mark of a Christian as faith is. What the world calls a very little sin is a very great sin to a true Christian. —Charles Spurgeon
No matter how far you have walked away from God, the return trip is only one step.
We must never cease to pray for our children. No case is hopeless for Jesus. —Charles Spurgeon
Success is not about a new car or a new job, house, or career. Success is when Jesus Christ writes your name in His book of life. (cf. Revelation 3:5; 21:27)
If you are a Christian, you cannot vote for a person or party that slays babies in the womb. —John MacArthur
The devil is not after the lost. He is after the found. (cf. 1 Peter 5:8)
Prayer is simply too great a privilege for any Christian to ignore and too great a necessity for any of us to neglect. —Alistair Begg
Morality may keep you out of jail. But it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell. —Charles Spurgeon
The Pharisees prove that a person can spend a lifetime in the scriptures and not know God.
If God gives you a few more years, remember that it is not yours. Your time, your home, your activity, and everything you do must honor God. —A.W. Tozer
Worship must not be designed to please the unbeliever. Worship should be designed to please God. —R.C. Sproul
Brains of older are slower because they know so much. It just takes a while to recall something from so much information.
Whoever said, “Out of sight, out of mind,” never had a spider disappear in the bedroom.
You will not impact the world by faithfully going to church. You will impact the world by faithfully being the church when you go out into the world.
There is a problem when sin doesn’t offend us, but correction does.
We see a lot of concern about separation of church and state, but believers need to be more concerned about the separation there has been between the church and the kingdom.
Victory comes as we learn to abide in Christ. —Dan Shock
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