Sacraments
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· 9 viewsThe sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper were instituted by Jesus Christ as signs and seals of the covenant. They explain the basis of this covenant and apply its benefits to believers. They replace circumcision and the Passover which were the sacraments of the old covenant.
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Ephesians
Ephesians
In Review:
Tearing down the wall.
Empowered By The Filling of the Holy Spirit
Given things to do signal and remind us of our relationship with Jesus.
The Ordinances as signs of the new covenant
The Ordinances as signs of the new covenant
And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:
speaking to one another
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,
singing and making music
from your heart to the Lord,
giving thanks always for everything
to God the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
submitting to one another
in the fear of Christ.
And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:
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The Ordinances as signs of the new covenant
The Ordinances as signs of the new covenant
What’s an ordinance?
Ordinary means of Grace.
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Baptism
Baptism
Baptism is one sign of being a disciple of Jesus Christ. See also
“Repent,” Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Baptism is one sign of being a disciple of Jesus Christ.
See also ;
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.
The Lord’s Supper
The Lord’s Supper
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.”
In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
The new covenant was sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ.
The new covenant was sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ.
The sacraments as a participation in the body of Christ
The sacraments as a participation in the body of Christ
Baptism
Baptism
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ like a garment.
In the NT baptism immediately follows conversion and testifies to the individual’s union with Christ.
In the NT baptism immediately follows conversion and testifies to the individual’s union with Christ.
See also
Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
But I want to focus today on the Lord’s supper...
The Lord’s Supper
The Lord’s Supper
The cup of blessing that we give thanks for, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for all of us share that one bread.
The “body of Christ” is a term which goes beyond Jesus Christ to the church. Those who partake of the bread in this way are declaring their membership of the church.
The “body of Christ” is a term which goes beyond Jesus Christ to the church. Those who partake of the bread in this way are declaring their membership of the church.
As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is My body.”
; ; Jesus Christ likens himself to bread as he is the source of spiritual life and nourishment; The believer who eats the bread of the Lord’s Supper is renewing his or her dependence on Jesus Christ for spiritual life.
Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Moses didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the real bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
Then they said, “Sir, give us this bread always!”
“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to Me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in Me will ever be thirsty again.
; Jesus Christ likens himself to bread as he is the source of spiritual life and nourishment; The believer who eats the bread of the Lord’s Supper is renewing his or her dependence on Jesus Christ for spiritual life.
I am the bread of life.
Jesus Christ likens himself to bread as he is the source of spiritual life and nourishment; The believer who eats the bread of the Lord’s Supper is renewing his or her dependence on Jesus Christ for spiritual life.
Jesus Christ likens himself to bread as he is the source of spiritual life and nourishment;
The believer who eats the bread of the Lord’s Supper is renewing his or her dependence on Jesus Christ for spiritual life.
This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”
At that, the Jews argued among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
So Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves. Anyone who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day, because My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink. The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood lives in Me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your fathers ate—and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
The believer who eats the bread of the Lord’s Supper is renewing his or her dependence on Jesus Christ for spiritual life.
The sacraments as a participation in the death of Christ
The sacraments as a participation in the death of Christ
Baptism
Baptism
Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life.
Through baptism individuals declare that they have applied to themselves the death of Jesus Christ which atones for sin.
Through baptism individuals declare that they have applied to themselves the death of Jesus Christ which atones for sin.
See also ; Baptism does not accomplish the cleansing from sin but it is the outward sign that this has taken place by faith; ; ; ;
The Lord’s Supper
The Lord’s Supper
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
In taking the emblems of Jesus Christ’s broken body and shed blood individuals perpetually apply the merits of Christ’s death (i.e., forgiveness of sins) to themselves.
In taking the emblems of Jesus Christ’s broken body and shed blood individuals perpetually apply the merits of Christ’s death (i.e., forgiveness of sins) to themselves.
This is what is meant by an ordinary means of Grace....”an ordinance.”
See also
Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.
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So Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves. Anyone who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day, because My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink. The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood lives in Me, and I in him.
n 6:53–56;
The cup of blessing that we give thanks for, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
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The sacraments of the old covenant
The sacraments of the old covenant
Circumcision
Circumcision
Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.
Circumcision was the initiation rite under the old covenant.
Circumcision was the initiation rite under the old covenant.
See also ;
Circumcision was never meant as merely an outward rite. To be effective it required a right attitude of heart;
In what way then was it credited—while he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while he was circumcised, but uncircumcised. And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.
Circumcision was the seal of Abraham’s righteousness imputed to him by his faith; Circumcision has now been superseded by baptism for the Christian as the rite of initiation.
Circumcision was the seal of Abraham’s righteousness imputed to him by his faith; Circumcision has now been superseded by baptism for the Christian as the rite of initiation.
The Passover
The Passover
When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as He promised, you are to observe this ritual. When your children ask you, ‘What does this ritual mean to you?’ you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and spared our homes.’ ” So the people bowed down and worshiped.
The Passover meal was instituted as a regular commemoration of Israel’s redemption from slavery in Egypt.
The Passover meal was instituted as a regular commemoration of Israel’s redemption from slavery in Egypt.
See also The death of Jesus Christ is closely associated with the Passover by its timing and meaning. The Lord’s Supper has superseded the Passover as the corporate meal commemorating the act of redemption;
Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch. You are indeed unleavened, for Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.