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BIBLICAL EXPLANATION OF THE 4 SPIRITUAL LAWS
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It does help to have a historical understanding from the Bible as to why the 4 Spiritual Laws work.
In the first book of the Bible we read God said, “let us make man in our own image.” Adam and Eve were tempted and both disobeyed His only guideline. That was sin (falling short of the standard) (Romans 3:23).
The result brought the consequence of death to the flesh. God had breath His breath into him and that created life became a living soul, and eternal spirit. There were two issues now to face. The physical body was going to died and the spirit was, not having a body, going to return to it’s God. Due to disobedience to God that spirit could not live with God unless there had been a time while on earth to repent and ask forgiveness.
The wages of sin was death (Romans 6:23); yet because of God’s great love He was not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. So He immediately instituted the sacrificial offerings in which an animal could take the place of the offender and he would live.
This was a temporary fix to a much deeper problem.
The purpose of creation was to have a family like Himself who would develop a close personal relationship with Him. Now there came a need to teach His erring creation who He was and how blessed life would be if they would learn of Him, love Him, and obey Him. This is the exact pattern we observe in the pattern of every family since creation. We try to instill in our children “right and wrong” and the consequences of each. It is our desire for them to want to do good and please us. Their behavior is reinforced by rewards or punishment. These are truths imparted in man by God from the very beginning.
He so loved you and me that, while we were still living after our own desires and ignoring His desires, He gave His only Son to die as the ultimate blood sacrifice and final remedy to sin. (Romans 5:8)
So now scriptures teach us it is appointed to man once to die and then come to judgment. (Hebrews 9:27)
But now we have the greatest news of all time. Whosoever believeth on Him SHALL NOT PERISH – BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. (John 3:16) (1John 1:9)
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