Chapter 29: Of Baptism
1._____ Baptism is an ordinance of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus
Christ, to be unto the party baptized, a sign of his fellowship with him,
in his death and resurrection; of his being engrafted into him; of remission
of sins; and of giving up into God, through Jesus Christ, to live and walk
in newness of life.
(
Romans
6:3-5; Colossians
2;12; Galatians
3:27; Mark
1:4;Acts
22:16;Romans
6:4 )
2._____ Those who do actually profess repentance towards God, faith
in, and obedience to, our Lord Jesus Christ, are the only proper subjects
of this ordinance.
(
Mark
16:16; Acts
8:36, 37;Acts
2:41;Acts
8:12;Acts
18:8 )
3._____The outward element to be used in this ordinance is water, wherein
the party is to be baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
(
Matthew
28:19, 20; Acts
8:38 )
4._____Immersion, or dipping of the person in water, is necessary to
the due administration of this ordinance. (
Matthew
3:16; John
3:23 )
Chapter 30 "Of
the Lord's Supper"
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