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BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER
Christian baptism is the immersion of a
believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is
an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried,
and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life,
and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a
testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church
ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the
Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act
of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and
the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His
second coming. Matthew 3:13-17; Matthew 26:26-30;
Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 3:21-22; Luke 22:19-20; John
3:23; Acts 2:41-42; Acts 8:35-39; Acts 16:30-33; Acts 20:7; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Cor.
10:6, 21; 1 Cor. 11:23-29; Col. 2:12 |