The Morning Devotional for September 15, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 28.6-7
VI. The efficacy of baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered;a yet, notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited and conferred by the Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongeth unto, according to the counsel of God’s own will, in his appointed time.b
Read MoreThe Morning Devotional for September 14, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 28.5
V. Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance,a yet grace and salvation are not so inseparably annexed unto it, as that no person can be regenerated or saved without it,b or that all that are baptized are undoubtedly regenerated.c
Read MoreThe Morning Devotional for September 13, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 28.4
IV. Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ,a but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized.b
Read MoreThe Morning Devotional for September 12, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 28.3
III. Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly administered by pouring or sprinkling water upon the person.a
Read MoreThe Morning Devotional for September 11, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 28.2
II. The outward element to be used in this sacrament is water, wherewith the party is to be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, by a minister of the gospel lawfully called thereunto.
Read MoreThe Morning Devotional for September 8, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 28.1
I. Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ,a not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church,b but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace,c of his ingrafting into Christ,d of regeneration,e of remission of sins,f and of his giving up unto God, through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life:g which sacrament is, by Christ’s own appointment, to be continued in his Church until the end of the world.h
Read MoreThe Morning Devotional for March 25, 2022: Knowledge and Understanding, Edition 1
Subjects discussed: baptism and worship
The Morning Devotional for March 4, 2022
The Westminster Shorter Catechism Q94; WLC 165 (Part Four)
Read MoreQ. 94. What is Baptism?
A. Baptism is a Sacrament, wherein the washing with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.
