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Of Baptism

Section 29.2

Those who do actually professe repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience, to our Lord Jesus, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance.

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Mark 16:16
[16] Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Acts 8:36, 37
[36] And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?”
Acts 2:41
[41] So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 8:12
[12] But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 18:8
[8] Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
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Chapter 29: Of Baptism

The sacrament of baptism and its administration

Of Baptism

Section 29.1

Baptism is an Ordinance of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, to be unto the party Baptized, a sign of his fellowship with him, in his death, and resurrection; of his being engrafted into him; of remission of sins; and of his giving up unto God through Jesus Christ to live and walk in newness of Life.

Of Baptism

Section 29.2

Those who do actually professe repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience, to our Lord Jesus, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance.

Of Baptism

Section 29.3

The outward element to be used in this ordinance is water, wherein the party is to be baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Of Baptism

Section 29.4

Immersion, or dipping of the person in water, is necessary to the due administration of this ordinance.