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Covenant-Based Salvation

A 12-Week Study for the Modern Church

Ask most believers what salvation is, and you will hear a transaction: say the prayer, get the ticket, wait for heaven. It is true as far as it goes. But the Bible tells a bigger story, and a far more personal one. Salvation is a covenant. It is a marriage.

Covenant-Based Salvation walks that story in twelve weeks and four parts.

Part One lays the foundation. What is salvation actually for? What is a covenant, and why did God choose that word? Who is the Bridegroom, and who is His Bride?

Part Two follows the cup poured out. At Sinai, God betrothed Himself to a people at the mountain. At the table in the upper room, Jesus lifted the cup and called it the new covenant in His blood. The study then shows the shape of salvation now, already begun and not yet complete.

Part Three turns to life inside the covenant: repentance and faith as the two hands that receive the gift, the new heart the Holy Spirit gives, and why keeping the vows written on that heart is love, not earning.

Part Four looks ahead to where the covenant is going: one Bride and one family, the wedding feast still to come, and how to live as the Bride made ready, starting this week.

Each week includes teaching, Scripture, and reflection questions for personal or group study. The familiar names of God are used throughout, with Hebrew names introduced gently where their meaning is the point. Appendices explore the Hebrew origins of the covenant, the difference between the Book of the Covenant and the Book of the Law, a one-year reading plan, and a guide for small-group leaders, with a glossary to close.

The door is open. This study shows you who opened it, what it cost, and what waits on the other side.

Author
Charles Vance
Category
Study