Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 41 Q & A 94 Q What is baptism? A Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,1 does signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the …
A winsome and succinct summary of why some professing Christians apply the covenant sign of baptism to their children from Kevin DeYoung. His conclusion: …we come to administer the sacrament of baptism to this child today with the weight of church history to encourage us and the example of redemptive history to confirm our practice. …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 27 72. Q. Does merely the outward washing with water itself wash away? A. No; for only the blood of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit cleanse us from all sins. 73. Q. Then why does the Holy Spirit call baptism the water of rebirth and the washing away of …
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 …
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