The Lord´s Supper and Baptism - What About it? |
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Skrevet af Jørn Nielsen
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Torsdag, 16. juni 2016 07:46 |
Let me try to be practical and down-to -earth without being polemic about a matter shrouded in mystery and confusion among churchgoers. I´m referring to the ordinances of the Lord´s Supper and the Baptism.
I believe that Satan has used both to delude many of my countrymen into a false security when grasping straws for religious peace, since the ordinances of the Lord´s Supper and baptism imply a personal trust in Jesus Christ. However, religious people apply themselves to these rites hoping to come to terms with God that way. This is a lie from the pit!
A young man went once to a Christian meeting together with my son-in-law. They had a "breaking of bread meeting", and when the bread came to him, he whispered, "What shall I do?" My son-in-law whispered back, "Accept Christ and take part!" Things were put right, for the Lord´s Supper is for those only who have accepted Christ and now worship Him in happy fellowship with His redeemed people. It is as simple as that.
H.A. Ironside writes about a similar case in CA where a Japanese business man who had for some time resisted the gospel, suddenly stood up at the Lord´s Supper, broke down in tears before the Lord and cried for salvation. It was a blessed interruption, and everybody rejoiced.
That same man, now a follower of Christ, immediately asked to be baptized. "Next Sunday" it was suggested. He objected to that. "Haven´t you said that Christ is coming soon? So I don´t want to wait, I want to be baptized now!" And that same day they went down to a local river to the waters of baptism which was witnessed by several business friends.
(I don´t want to argue about infant baptism as part of a covenant belonging to a godly Christian household. I may even sympathize with it)
The point is that no church ceremony (in Denmark endorsed by a godless state) can replace a personal conversion and saving experience with Jesus Christ. I don´t know how many times I´ve told a churchgoer, here or in the States, the "must" of coming to the place of the tax collector who prayed, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner!" (Luke 18:13)
June 16, 2016 - jn
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