BAPTISM

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BAPTISM
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OUR ARTICLES OF FAITH

• The Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, under
  Christ the great King and Head of the Church,
  realises that bitter controversy raging around
  the ordinance of Christian Baptism has divided
  the Body of Christ when that Body should have bee
  united in Christian love and Holy Ghost power to
  stem the onslaughts and hell inspired assaults of
  modernism, hereby affirms that each member of the
  Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster shall have
  liberty to decide for himself which course to
  adopt, each member giving due honour in love to
  the views held by differing brethren.

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BAPTISM A SACRAMENT

• Mt 2819 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
  baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
  the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
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• Mr 1615 And he said unto them, Go ye into all
  the world, and preach the gospel to every
  creature.
• Mr 1616 He that believeth and is baptized shall
  be saved but he that believeth not shall be
  damned.

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BAPTISM AND THE EARLY CHURCH

• Ac 238 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and
  be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
  Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
  receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
• Ac 241 Then they that gladly received his word
  were baptized and the same day there were added
  unto them about three thousand souls.
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BAPTISM AND THE EARLY CHURCH

• Ac 836 And as they went on their way, they
  came unto a certain water and the eunuch said,
  See, here is water what doth hinder me to be
  baptized?
• Ac 837 And Philip said, If thou believest with
  all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and
  said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
  God.
• Ac 838 And he commanded the chariot to stand
  still and they went down both into the water,
  both Philip and the eunuch and he baptized him.
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• Ac 918 And immediately there fell from his
  (Paul) eyes as it had been scales and he
  received sight forthwith, and arose, and was
  baptized.

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BAPTISM AND THE EARLY CHURCH

• Ac 1047 Can any man forbid water, that these
  should not be baptized, which have received the
  Holy Ghost as well as we?
• Ac 1048 And he commanded them to be baptized in
  the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to
  tarry certain days.
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THE PURPOSE OF BAPTISM

• Baptism is both a confession of faith and the
  sign and seal of the covenant of grace into which
  the Lord has brought us . As a sign, baptism
  pictures by an external act of internal washing
  of the soul by the blood of Christ. As a seal,
  it is a God-given token of assurance to a
  believer that he has been born again and savingly
  united to Christ. As such, baptism is the
  initial step of entrance into the visible
  church.
• Dr Alan Cairns A New Beginning
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FREEDOM TO CHOOSE

• 1 The Subjects
• Believers Baptism or Infant Baptism
• 2 The Mode
• Immersion, Pouring or Sprinkling

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WHATEVER YOUR VIEW

• IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN BAPTIZED AS A CHILD OR AN
  ADULT YOU SHOULD GET BAPTIZED

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WHY?

• 1 As a sacrament it is as important as
  communion.
• 2 It is following the example of Christ.
• 3 It is following the example of the Christian
  Church.
• 4 It is an act of faith and confession.
• 5 It is an act of submission to Gods word

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