RESCUE READING PLAN
"Introduction"
This past Spring at MGBC we did a churchwide series called, “The Gospel: God’s plan to redeem sinners through the life, death, resurrection, and return of Jesus.” The main points of that series were: (1) God created us and we are accountable to Him. (2) We are doomed because of our inherent sin nature and need rescue. (3) We were so lost in sin, but God sent His only Son, Jesus, to be our Savior! (4) Finally, when we realize what the Savior has done for us, we should respond with faith and repentance. In turn, we receive the free gift of salvation.
This Series: Salvation is both an event and a process that takes place throughout our entire lives. Over the next 5 weeks we will look deeper into that process. The day we come to Christ we are declared righteous (Justification) and we are called holy by God (Positional Sanctification). Through the work of the Holy Spirit, we then grow spiritually in our lives putting off sin and putting on Christ in our actions, words, and deeds (Progressive Sanctification). We will one day be ultimately rescued from this world and sin when we are ushered into eternity because of Christ (Glorification).
This Reading Plan: This is designed to take us through key passages relating to each step in the salvation process. Each day we will read an entire passage, focus on a key verse from that passage, and learn a key thought from the reading. A few questions are then provided for our personal reflection on the content of our reading and practical application for our daily lives. Note: “Key Verses” in this plan are quoted from the New Living Translation.
Dig Deeper: After each reading you will see a “Dig Deeper” passage. While not required in this plan, these are recommended to give you the greater context of each day’s reading.
GotQuestions.org: You will also see a link for more resources for each week’s topic from GotQuestions. This is an excellent resource for biblical answers to a wide variety of topics and we highly recommend this website.
This Series: Salvation is both an event and a process that takes place throughout our entire lives. Over the next 5 weeks we will look deeper into that process. The day we come to Christ we are declared righteous (Justification) and we are called holy by God (Positional Sanctification). Through the work of the Holy Spirit, we then grow spiritually in our lives putting off sin and putting on Christ in our actions, words, and deeds (Progressive Sanctification). We will one day be ultimately rescued from this world and sin when we are ushered into eternity because of Christ (Glorification).
This Reading Plan: This is designed to take us through key passages relating to each step in the salvation process. Each day we will read an entire passage, focus on a key verse from that passage, and learn a key thought from the reading. A few questions are then provided for our personal reflection on the content of our reading and practical application for our daily lives. Note: “Key Verses” in this plan are quoted from the New Living Translation.
Dig Deeper: After each reading you will see a “Dig Deeper” passage. While not required in this plan, these are recommended to give you the greater context of each day’s reading.
GotQuestions.org: You will also see a link for more resources for each week’s topic from GotQuestions. This is an excellent resource for biblical answers to a wide variety of topics and we highly recommend this website.
Make sure to complete your Week 1 reading between October 16th - 22nd