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April 26-27, 2008
This week's "Reflection" by Gary Keith, Pastor of Teaching/Worship
This week we took
some time to explain both baptism and the Lord's Supper. It was noted that
the early church took seriously these two practices and so should the church of
the 21st century. Both were modeled by Jesus, both were established by
Jesus, and both are to be embraced by followers of Jesus. As I reflect on today's
message I come away with a renewed sense of the value and importance of these
two unique practices. May each of us at LBF take seriously both something
to do and something to remember.
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qingshan
Good sermon! Glad you took a stand on those needing to be Baptized.
A couple of things you may want to consider if you do it again.
1) Some churches dunk 3 times which symbolizes a) the Trinity and b) the 3 days that the Christ was in the tomb
2) The water also symbolizes the amniotic fluid of birth and thus one is ?reborn.?
3) Lastly, Baptism is a public proclamation of one?s acceptance of the Lord?s sacrifice and Lordship ( the corollary of - deny me before people and I will deny you before the angels)
Posted on Mon, Apr 28, 2008 @ 12:28 PM CST