1 Peter 3:21
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- #HC69 How does holy baptism signify and seal to you that the one sacrifice of Christ on the cross benefits you? In this way: Christ instituted this outward washing and with it gave the promise that, as surely as water washes away the dirt from the body, so certainly His blood and Spirit wash away the impurity o...
- #HC72 Does this outward washing with water itself wash away sins? No, only the blood of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit cleanse us from all sins.
- #AOC77 Is then the outward Baptism of Water the washing away of Sins? It is not; for the Blood of Christ alone cleanseth us from all Sin.
- #HC78 Are then the bread and wine changed into the real body and blood of Christ? No. Just as the water of baptism is not changed into the blood of Christ and is not the washing away of sins itself but is simply God’s sign and pledge, so also the bread in the Lord’s supper does not...
- #AOC86 Are then the Bread and Wine made the very Body and Blood of Christ? No, verily; but as the Water of Baptism is not turned into the Blood of Christ, but is only a Signe and Pledge of those things that are sealed to us in Baptism; so neither is the Bread of the Lords Su...
- #BC96 How do baptism and the Lord’s supper become effectual means of salvation? Baptism and the Lord’s supper become effectual means of salvation, not for any virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them, but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of the Spirit in...
- #BC98 To whom is baptism to be administered? Baptism is to be administered to all those who actually profess repentance towards God, faith in and obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ, and to none other.
- #WLC161 How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation? The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not by any power in themselves, or any virtue derived from the piety or intention of him by whom they are administered, but only by the working of t...
- #WLC163 What are the parts of a sacrament? The parts of a sacrament are two; the one an outward and sensible sign, used according to Christ’s own appointment; the other an inward and spiritual grace thereby signified.
- #WLC167 How is our Baptism to be improved by us? The needful but much neglected duty of improving our Baptism, is to be performed by us all our life long, especially in the time of temptation, and when we are present at the administration of it to o...