"Unless a
person is drawn to Christ by being awakened to God a person cannot get saved. "
Another reason the four
spiritual laws has done much harm is because the gospel truths says a person
must be born again to enter the kingdom of God (John 3). Jesus says a
person must be born again to enter the kingdom of God . He must be born of
the spirit and also by the word of God (the gospel of Christ -- I Peter 1:23-25).
The new birth or salvation is the work of the Holy Spirit with the hearing
and understanding God’s word through the gospel of Christ. Unless a person
is drawn to Christ by being awakened to God a person cannot get saved. (John
6:44) Unless a person being drawn hears the Gospel of Christ and feels
convicted and understand God’s word they can’t get saved. (Romans 10)
Christians must work with the Holy Spirit to help people get saved.
Too often people
work against the Spirit because of the rote shallow methods of evangelism.
People can actually quench God’s Spirit working in a person’s life by pushing
for a false decision before one is ready. It’s like plucking fruit before it’s
ripe. So if a person pushes an awakened soul into a premature decision before
the spirit has finished his work the soul has a false conversion. Coercing a
person to pray after an oversimplified presentation of Gospel truth does not
save anyone. A sinner's prayer will not save anyone. It is not magic. If a
person prays and then is told they are saved before rebirth of the Spirit
takes place
it can cause a false conversion. The person will quench the Holy Spirit
convictions and wooing that bring salvation because he thinks he already is
saved by a false faith. There are many who have been awakened by the Spirit
only to be cut short before being saved by someone telling them they got saved
by praying some rote prayer. There are too many oversimplified doctrines
told to a person and other important Gospel
truths are left out completely. The four spiritual laws are :
1. Man is a sinner - All have sinned.
2. The wages of sin is death.
3. Christ died to save from our sins and gives us eternal life.
4. Confess
your sin and accept Christ by faith by saying sinner’s prayer.
At first glance this looks like the simple Gospel. On further evaluation we
realize that it is over simplified. Why? Because the terms are not defined
and are left open to be interpreted anyway one chooses. What does it mean - Man
is a sinner? Is he basically good, but once in a while makes mistakes or is he
so sinful that even his nature is corruptible and vile that there is no good in
him apart from God? Is man good enough to chose God without God’s help? What
is this death that sin causes? Is it physical or spiritual. Is it eternal hell
or just separation from God? Does it happen now or in the future after death?
The death of Christ - how does it atone for sins? Is this atonement earned by
good works or certain acts? Or is it a gift? If it is a gift are all men saved
then? What does confess sin mean? Just admit you’ve sinned at times. Most
will do that already. Why is the command to repent omitted? How does one
receive Christ? What kind of faith is involved? Who is Jesus Christ and what
happened at his death? As you can see, an oversimplified Gospel is open to so
much interpretation people can define theses terms as they will, which leads to
great misunderstanding and even many false conclusions. A sinner does not have
to totally understand everything about the Gospel to get saved. He must have a
basic understanding of its’ truths and commands. Without it how can one truly
repent and deeply believe the truth. A over simplified Gospel robs people of a
basic needed understanding of the Gospel that is vital to true salvation.
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