S. Baptism And The Lord's Supper

BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER 1. Who ought to be baptized? Every believer in Christ ought to be baptized.

2. Why ought every believer in Christ to be baptized? Because Christ has commanded us to declare our faith in him by being baptized. Matthew 28:19; Acts 8:12; Acts 10:48.

3. What is the action performed in Christian baptism? The action performed in Christian baptism is immersion in water. Mark 1:9; Mark 1:10; Acts 8:39.

4. What does this signify? The water signifies purification from sin, and the immersion signifies that we are dead to sin, and like Christ have been buried and risen again. Acts 22:16; Romans 6:4.

5. Does baptism procure forgiveness or the new birth? No, baptism only represents regeneration and forgiveness like a picture. John 3:5; Acts 2:38.

6. What is meant by our being baptized "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"? It means that we take God the Father, the Son, and the Spirit as our Sovereign and Saviour. Matthew 28:19.

7. What is the solemn duty of all who have been baptized? It is the duty of all who have been baptized to live that new life of purity and obedience which their baptism signifies. Romans 6:4.

8. What is the Lord’s Supper? A church observes the Lord’s Supper by eating bread and drinking wine to represent the body and blood of our Saviour. 1 Corinthians 11:20; 1 Corinthians 11:26.

9. Why ought the bread and wine to be thus taken? Because Christ has commanded us to eat bread and drink wine in remembrance of him. Luke 22:19.

10. Who ought to partake of the Lord’s Supper? Those ought to partake of the Lord’s Supper who have believed in Christ, and have been baptized, and are trying to live in obedience to Christ’s commands.