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He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
Psalm 40:2

Our Baptisms This Weekend
May. 16, 2008

For the past few months Dave and I have been going through the process of officially joining the church we have been attending for the last 3 1/2 years.  This Sunday evening we will be baptized! We are both very excited! Several people have asked me recently what our church teaches about baptism.

Our church holds to The London Baptist Confession of 1689 as our 'Statement of Faith'.
The confession states in Chapter 29:  Of Baptism:

 1._____ Baptism is an ordinance of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, to be unto the party baptized, a sign of his fellowship with him, in his death and resurrection; of his being engrafted into him; of remission of sins; and of giving up into God, through Jesus Christ, to live and walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:3-5 ; Colossians 2:12; Galatians 3:27; Mark 1:4; Acts 22:16)

2._____ Those who do actually profess repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience to, our Lord Jesus Christ, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance. (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:41; Acts 8:12; Acts 18:8 )


3._____The outward element to be used in this ordinance is water, wherein the party is to be baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 8:38 )


4._____Immersion, or dipping of the person in water, is necessary to the due administration of this ordinance. (Matthew 3:16; John 3:23 )


We have a Judy Rogers cd for children that I've mentioned here many times in the past. I HIGHLY recommend it to everyone! It's called Why Can't I See God? and is a "wonderful teaching aid which will help children think systematically about the major themes of the Bible: Creation, the Nature and Character of God, the Bible, the Covenant, Sin and the Fall, Salvation, Jesus Christ, and the Christian Life. Those of you who are familiar with the Westminster Catechism will particularly appreciate these songs."

I have been humming two songs from the cd -- "What is a Sacrament?" and "The Sacraments"  all week!

What is a Sacrament?

What is a sacrament?
It is a holy ordinance
Given by Christ unto believers
Showing His great love for us.

Baptism was ordained,
And the Lord's Supper;
Jesus gave them to His church
To keep and to remember.

Chorus: Sacraments, given us by Christ!
To signify and apply God's covenant to our lives.

Sacraments cannot
Bring to us salvation;
Only God who gives us faith
Can make us new creations.

And His Spirit moves,
Living and working through us;
And by special signs God seals
His covenant blessings to us.

 The Sacraments

Chorus: We celebrate the sacraments
God has so ordained it in His Word;
We humbly bow before Him now,
As we celebrate the sacraments.

Baptism is a picture
Of the cleansing of our sins through Jesus' blood;
The water is a sign I am no longer mine,
But now I belong to God.

When we receive communion,
We remember Jesus' death until He comes again;
The bread and the wine are a seal and a sign
To God's people of His love for them.

Chorus: We celebrate the sacraments
God has so ordained it in His Word;
We humbly bow before Him now,
As we celebrate the sacraments ... the sacraments!


"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—  among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.  But  God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—  and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:1-10

"Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,  to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen." Jude 1:24-25

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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Congrats to you and your family!

Achaeles - 9:47 AM - May. 16, 2008






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Hi ... I'm Heather! I have been married for eleven years and am a homeschooling mom to three boys. My blog title is taken from the book 'Stepping Heavenward' by Elizabeth Prentiss. We live in the wonderful state of Wisconsin.


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