BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER

 

BAPTISM:

Christian baptism, in obedience to Christ’s command and as a testimony to God, the Church, oneself and the world, believers are baptized by full immersion in water in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.   It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior; symbolic of the believer’s death to sin; the burial of the old life; and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Jesus Christ and a testimony and identification to his faith in Jesus Christ.  It signifies that a former way of life has been put to death and vividly depicts the release from the mastery of Satan, sin and death.

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LORD'S SUPPER:

The Lord’s Supper commemorates the death of Jesus Christ. The two elements, the bread and the cup, symbolize the body and blood of the Lord. Remembering the sacrifice of Jesus is a time of self-examination and repentance. The Lord’s Supper is also called communion, which pictures the fellowship believers have with the Lord and with each other.

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(Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26; Luke 3:21-22; 22:19-20; John 3:23; Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 16:30-33; Acts 20:7; Romans 6:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:16, 10:21; 11:23-32; Colossians 2:12)