The Morning Devotional for September 18, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 29.1

I. Our Lord Jesus, in the night wherein he was betrayed, instituted the sacrament of his body and blood, called the Lord’s Supper, to be observed in his Church, unto the end of the world; for the perpetual remembrance of the sacrifice of himself in his death, the sealing all benefits thereof unto true believers, their spiritual nourishment and growth in him, their further engagement in and to all duties which they owe unto him; and to be a bond and pledge of their communion with him, and with each other, as members of his mystical body.a

devotional, confessions, Westminster ConfessionWilliam HillSeptember 18, 2023sacraments, Lord's Supper, 1 Corinthians 11

The Morning Devotional: WCF 28.6-7

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

devotional, confessions, Westminster ConfessionWilliam HillSeptember 15, 2023sacraments, baptism, John 3, Romans 6

The Morning Devotional: WCF 28.5

The 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

devotional, confessions, Westminster ConfessionWilliam HillSeptember 14, 2023sacraments, baptism, Genesis 17, Matthew 28, Romans 4, Acts 8

The Morning Devotional: WCF 28.4

The 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

devotional, confessions, Westminster ConfessionWilliam HillSeptember 13, 2023sacraments, baptism, adults, infants, Acts 2, Acts 16, Genesis 17, Galatians 3

The Morning Devotional: WCF 28.3

The 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

devotional, confessions, Westminster ConfessionWilliam HillSeptember 12, 2023sacraments, baptism, Hebrews 9, Mark 7

The Morning Devotional: WCF 28.2

The 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.

devotional, confessions, Westminster ConfessionWilliam HillSeptember 11, 2023baptism, sacraments, Acts 10, Acts 8

The Morning Devotional: WCF 28.1

The 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

The Morning Devotional: WCF 27.5

The Westminster Confession of Faith 27.

V. The sacraments of the Old Testament, in regard of the spiritual things thereby signified and exhibited, were, for substance, the same with those of the New.a

The Morning Devotional: WCF 27.4

The Morning Devotional for September 6, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 27.4

IV. There be only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord: neither of which may be dispensed by any but by a minister of the Word lawfully ordained.a

The Morning Devotional: WCF 27.3

The Morning Devotional for September 5, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 27.3

III. The grace which is exhibited in or by the sacraments, rightly used, is not conferred by any power in them; neither doth the efficacy of a sacrament depend upon the piety or intention of him that doth administer it,a but upon the work of the Spirit,b and the word of institution, which contains, together with a precept authorizing the use thereof, a promise of benefit to worthy receivers.c

The Morning Devotional: WCF 27.2

The Morning Devotional for September 4, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 27.2

II. There is in every sacrament a spiritual relation or sacramental union, between the sign and the thing signified; whence it comes to pass that the names and the effects of the one are attributed to the other.a

devotional, confessions, Westminster ConfessionWilliam HillSeptember 4, 2023sacraments, Genesis 17, Matthew 26

The Morning Devotional: WCF 27.1

The Morning Devotional for September 1, 2023
The Westminster Confession of Faith 27.1

I. Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace,a immediately instituted by God,b to represent Christ and his benefits, and to confirm our interest in him:c as also to put a visible difference between those that belong unto the Church and the rest of the world;d and solemnly to engage them to the service of God in Christ, according to his Word.e

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