Kris McKenzie teaches on Chapter 29, paragraph two, from the 1689
London Baptist Confession of Faith.
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; Romans 6:4)
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 8:36, 37; 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) |
