A Faith to Confess: The Baptist Confession
of Faith of 1689
Rewritten in Modern English
©1975, Carey Publications, Ltd.,
75 Woodhill Road, Leeds, U.K., LS16 7BZ
BAPTISM is an ordinance of the New Testament instituted by
Jesus Christ. It is intended to be, to the person baptized, a sign
of his fellowship with Christ in His death and resurrection, and
of his being engrafted into Christ, and of the remission of sins.
It also indicates that the baptized person has given himself up to
God, through Jesus Christ, so that he may live and conduct
himself 'in newness of life'.
Mark 1:4; Acts 22:16; Rom. 6:3-5; Gal. 3:27; Col. 2:12.
The only persons who can rightly submit themselves to this
ordinance are those who actually profess repentance towards God
and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, being willing to yield obedience
to Him.
Mark 16:16; Acts 2:41; 8:12,36,37; 18:8.
Immersion, that is to say, the dipping of the believer in water,
is essential for the due administration of this ordinance.
Matt. 3:16; John 3:23.
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