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Holy Baptism is instituted by God for the strengthening of our faith in His promise. It is a visible sign and seal of the promise of salvation which Christ proclaims to us through the preaching of the Word. 'Sitting in church on a Sunday morning, we hear the Form read by our pastor for the administr
Baptism was the external symbol of that purification of the soul by the holy Lamb of God. It is what the holy apostle confirmed by the words: “Once ye were unclean, but now ye are sanctified, now ye are justified, now ye are washed.” Our church also confesses that such is the significance of baptis
Christ washed me with His blood of all my sins. I'm going to go serve Him and His Christians, those who I used to persecute. Now my life is to serve Him and His people. That's what Saul did. That's the Christian life for all of us. Service to Christ and His people. This is holy baptism. Holy ba
We all know that feeling. But do we also know the feeling of being dirty by our sin so that there's nothing that we want more than to be washed to be clean, to be pure before the eyes of God. It's very easy for us to look at the sins of others and to be disgusted at that person's sin and that
Baptism
ADULT BAPTISM
We turn now to the form for the administration of holy baptism found on page 86 in the back of the Psalter. Beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ, the principal parts of the doctrine of holy baptism are these three. First, that we with our children are conceived and born in sin, and therefore are chi
For even as water cleanses the filth of the body, so does the blood of Christ cleanse from all spiritual impurity till we are completely righteous and holy. (3) Thirdly, this sacrament is a sign and a seal of our obligation to walk in a new and holy life, to cleave to our one God, trust in Him, love
This is the chief means of grace which the Holy Spirit employs to make us conscious partakers of the salvation in Christ. Perhaps you will also witness the sacrament of baptism today. This also is a means of grace and signifies the washing away of sins by the blood of Christ. What a great gift of Go