Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper

Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper - Chapter 27

Jun. 21, 2017

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Article 27 of the Communion of the Saints, Section 1. All saints that are united to Jesus Christ, their head by the Spirit and faith, although they are not made thereby, one person with him have fellowship in his graces, suffering, death, resurrection and glory, and being united to one another in love, they have communion in each other's gifts and graces, and are obliged to the performance of such duties, public and private, in an orderly way as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and the outward man. Section 2. Saints by profession are bound to maintain in holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification, as also in relieving each other in outward things according to their several abilities and necessities, which communion according to the rule of the gospel, though especially to be exercised by them in the relation wherein they stand, whether in families or churches. Yet, as God offers opportunity, is to be extended to all the households of faith, even all those who in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

Nevertheless, their communion one with another as saints does not take away or infringe the title or propriety which each man has in his goods and possessions.

1. Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of positive and sovereign institution, appointed by the Lord Jesus, the only lawgiver, to be continued in his church to the end of the world. ( Matthew 28:19, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:26 )

2. These holy appointments are to be administered by those only who are qualified and thereunto called, according to the commission of Christ. ( Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 4:1 )

Speakers

1S

The Baptist Confession of 1689 with Scripture proofs was put forth by the Elders and Brethren of many Congregations of Christians (baptized upon profession of their faith) in London and the Country. "...for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth, he confesses, resulting in salvation." Romans 10:10

The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, also called the Second London Baptist Confession, was written by Particular Baptists, who held to a Calvinistic soteriology in England to give a formal expression of their Christian faith from a Baptist perspective. This confession, like the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) and the Savoy Declaration (1658), was written by Puritans who were concerned that their particular church organization reflects what they perceived to be Biblical teaching.

WB

William (Bill) E. Brown was a WWII P51 Mustang fighter pilot, arriving on the island of Iwo Jima to assist in bombing raids by protecting B-29 Super fortresses over Japanese targets. After the war, Bill Brown was a public school teacher in Alaska and California. He spent 10 years as a docent for the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. He then moved to North Carolina and lived with his son Scott and his family until he passed away on November 4th, 2020 at the age of 97.

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