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Bible Questions Answered:
“What
is a ordinance?...”
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Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Ordinance:
Something
ordained or decreed by...deity.
Merriam-Webster.Com
Ordinance:
Something
believed to have been ordained, as by a deity...
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The
church of The Lord Jesus Christ, has two ordinances, Baptism, and The
Lord's Supper.
Decrees of The Lord Jesus...
BAPTISM:
Matthew
28:19 KJV
Go
ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost:
COMMUNION:
I
Corinthians 11:23-25 KJV
23
For I have received of The Lord that which also I delivered unto you,
that The Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took
bread:
24
And when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat: this
is My body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me.
25
After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped,
saying, this cup is the new testament in My Blood: this do ye, as oft
as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me.
Baptism, and Communion, are not sacraments, that Is they
“do not,” take away sin, but are symbols of our being made in the
likeness of Christ, and remembering what He has done for us.
Baptism, speaks of the death burial and resurrection of
The Lord Jesus. As Christians, we have, through our repentance and
faith in The Lord, died to sin, under the water in baptism, is a
likeness to that of death, and being raised up out of the water,
from death to self and the world, raised up into newness of life, the
life of The Lord Jesus.
Baptism, by believers, is a picture of what has taken
place in the life of The Lord, and a symbol, of what is taking place
in the life of the believer.
Baptism is a symbol, not a sacrament, people don't get
“born-again,” by being baptized.\
Baptism, is something that born-again people do, because
they have been called to do so by our Lord.
Baptism is a public confession of our faith.
Baptism is only done once, at the beginning of our new
walk with The Lord.
Galatians
2:20 KJV
I
am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of The Son Of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.
Galatians
3:27 KJV
For
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians
5:24 KJV
And
they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections
and lusts.
Who should be baptized (by immersion, as was our Lord)?
Acts 8:36-38 KJV (Philip and the Eunuch)
36
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and
the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be
baptized?
37
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou
mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God.
38
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both
into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Could a baby do this? Of course not, babies are
dedicated to The Lord, not baptized.
Communion, is something done often, a symbol, an
ordinance not a sacrament. Some churches have communion every Sunday,
others once a month.
Communion is “a remembrance” as the apostle
Paul, plainly states.
Communion Bread, speaks of the broken Body of our Lord,
given in sacrifice for us.
Communion Wine, speaks of the shed Blood of our Lord,
given in sacrifice for us.
Are Baptism and, Communion, necessary for salvation? No!
And yet, faithful living Christian people, are commanded
to do them, by our Lord.
The thief on the cross, never had communion, neither
was he ever baptized, and yet our Lord told him...
Luke
23:43 KJV
And
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with
me in paradise.
Matthew
7:24-27 KJV
24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I
will liken him unto a wise 0
man,
which built his house upon A Rock:
25
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon A
Rock.
26
And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the
sand:
27
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
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Prayer:
II
Chronicles 16:9 KJV
For
the eyes of The Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to
shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect
toward Him..."
Matthew
25:21 KJV
His
lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Revelation
2:10 KJV
"...be
thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
