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The Four Universal Spiritual Truths (FST

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Truth #1: The Situation of Mankind before God

  

  • THE SITUATION: All men are sinners, there is no one righteous before God. Everyone is affected by sin
  • THE ANALOGY: Sin is Like Gravity
  1. Gravity affects all humans, no matter where you are on earth – China, India, Europe, America, Africa, etc.
  • THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH

Whether you are aware of it or not, whether you believe in it or not, it doesn’t matter; you are still under the force of gravity.  Likewise, whether or not you are aware of it or believe in it; it doesn't matter; as a human being, you are under the power of sin. 

  • WHAT THE BIBLES SAYS:
  1. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God – “all” means “universal”
  2. Romans 3:10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; - “none” means “universal”
  3. Psalm 143:2 Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

This truth is that in God's sight, you are a sinner. The simple definition of sin is "the violation of God’s laws." "Sinning" is missing the perfect mark of God.  All men have violated God’s laws and missed God’s marks. "Sinfulness" is the situation of mankind before the Almighty and holy God. 

Truth #2:  The Solution of God for Mankind

  • THE SOLUTION: Because of God’s love for man, He has made a way out of our sin problem
  • THE ANALOGY: God’s Solution is Like Rain and Snowfall

Humans cannot exist without water.  But according to NASA, 97% of earth’s water is in the ocean; 2% exists as glaciers and ice, and only 1% freshwater - underground, in lakes and rivers - is what man, animals, and plants live on. However, this 1% is only replenished by rain and snowfall. That means without God sending enough rain and snowfall, in spite of all our science and technologies, humans cannot survive on earth. In other words, man’s existence on earth literally depends on God sending both rain and snowfall, in order for us to have drinkable water.

  • THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH

Just as man depends on God to send rain and snowfall in order for us to survive, the solution to man’s sin problem depends on what God alone can do and has done.  Apart from God, there is no way around our sin problem.

  •  God’s Solution Explained

First of all, God is a just and righteous God. He judges sin because He’s just. According to His word in Ezekiel 18:4, “…the soul who sins shall die.”  That means death is the consequence of sin. And according to God’s righteous standards, we deserve to die eternally for our sins (notice: “the soul,” not just the body). But because of God’s great love for us, He provided us a solution: He gave another Soul for our souls.  He gave His Son, Jesus Christ as the perfect substitute for our sinful souls. Listen to what the bible says in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life.”   

So instead of eternal death, God gave us His Son, that we might be forgiven our sins, and we may have everlasting life and not perish.

“Give,” in John 3:16 means that God offered up Jesus as the sacrifice for our sins through His brutal death on the cross of Calvary.  At that time Jesus, the sinless Son of God, was condemned for our sins. He died, he was buried, but on the third day, He was resurrected by the great power of God.

  • WHAT THE BIBLES SAYS:
  1. Romans 5:8 - But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:21 - For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
  3. Ephesians 1:7 - In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

Jesus is God’s solution for our sins.

God sent Him to the world, He lived and died for our sins, He was buried, and He resurrected from the grave that we also may live eternally.  Apart from Jesus, there is no other solution to our sin problem.

 

Truth #3:   The Stipulation of God to Mankind

 

  • THE STIPULATION: Man must be saved. 
  • THE ANALOGY: Salvation is Like Food.

In order for the physical life to exist, food is not a choice, it is a necessity. Without food, death is not avoidable.

  • THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH

Salvation is a necessity for man.  Without becoming saved, eternal judgment and death are not avoidable. God says we must be saved through Jesus Christ His Son, if we are going to escape the eternal consequences of sin.

  • WHAT THE BIBLES SAYS:
  1. Acts 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we MUST be saved."
  2. John 3:6-7 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  7 "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You MUST be born again.’  (Being born again is another word for salvation)

If you want to live physically, you must eat. In the same way, if you want to live eternally and avoid God’s righteous judgment for your sins, you must be saved!

 

Truth #4:   The Obligation of Mankind before God 

  • THE OBLIGATION: Man must repent and place his faith in Jesus Christ as the Savior
  • THE ANALOGY: Repentance is Like Eating

We don’t live just by knowing that food is available; rather, we are sustained by actually taking and ingesting food into our body.  Although food may be plentifully available, it is still man’s responsibility to feed in order to live.

  • THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH

God has made salvation possible and available to everyone, including you; but it is our obligation to personally repent of our sins and place our faith in Jesus Christ, and then invite Him into our lives as our Lord and Savior. In other words, forgiveness and salvation is available to us in Jesus, but we have a role to play in receiving them. You must personally repent of your sins, believe that Jesus is the Savior of mankind, and invite Jesus into your life as your own Lord and Savior.

  • WHAT THE BIBLES SAYS:
  1. Acts 17:30-31 - "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere TO REPENT,  31 "because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."
  2. Acts 3:19-20 - “REPENT therefore and BE CONVERTED, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 "and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
  3. Acts 16:30-31 - And he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"  31 So they said, "BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
  4. Romans 10:9-11 that if you CONFESS with your mouth the Lord Jesus and BELIEVE in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."

So God has provided forgiveness and salvation for you through Jesus Christ, but your responsibility is to repent of your sins and put your faith in Jesus in order to receive God's forgiveness and His salvation. Are you willing to take that most important step? Do it now; tomorrow may be eternally too late! Jesus loves you.

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