Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 26 69. Q. How does holy Baptism remind and assure you that the one sacrifice of Christ on the cross avails for you? A. In this way: Christ instituted this external washing with water and by it has promised that I am as certainly washed with his blood and Spirit …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 25 65. Q. Since, then, faith alone makes us share in Christ and all his benefits, where does such faith originate? A. The Holy Spirit creates it in our hearts by the preaching of the holy gospel, and confirms it by the use of the holy Sacraments. 66. Q. What …
Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 46 Chapter 28 Of Baptism (Cont.) Paragraphs 4-7 IV. Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptised. V. Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this …
Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 45 Chapter 28 – Of Baptism (Paragraphs 1-3) I. Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptised into the visible Church, but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant …
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