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Ordinances
We believe that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are
the only two local church ordinances set forth in
the local church by Jesus Christ. Scriptural Baptism
began with John the Baptist. John's Baptism was not
O.T. dispensation or an intermediate dispensation
but New Testament Baptism. Our Lord Jesus Christ
accepted this Baptism Himself and accepted those
that John baptized into the church that He organized
during His own personal ministry.
Baptism:
Believers Baptism to be scriptural must be: THE
PROPER CANDIDATE, the one who has been Born Again.
It must also be THE PROPER MODE or method which is
immersion. It must also be THE PROPER DESIGN or
motive. This design is to show forth a truth which
is the property of the believer and the local church
into which the believer is Baptized, which sets
forth the death, burial and resurrection of the
believer to a new life in Christ. It is also THE
PROPER ADMINISTRATOR or authority, and the Local New
Testament Baptist Church is the only church with the
authority to administer scriptural baptism.
The Lord's Supper:
We believe the Lord's Supper is a memorial supper
administered by the authority and instruction of the
local Baptist Church; it symbolizes the broken body
of and the shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
only members of the local church whose spiritual
lives in a right relationship are qualified
participants in the Lord's Supper service. We also
teach and believe that there is no saving power or
grace in either Baptism or the Lord's Supper.
(Matthew
3:13-17)
(Matthew 28:19-20) (1 Corinthians
11:23-34) (Acts 8:36-39) (Romans 6:3-5) (Matthew
26:17-30) |
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