1. Baptism Lord’s Supper Lord’s Day

2. VII. Baptism and the Lord's Supper
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord's Supper.

3. The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.
Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20; Mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26; Luke 3:21-22; 22:19-20; John 3:23; Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39; 16:30-33; 20:7; Romans 6:3-5; 1 Corinthians 10:16,21; 11:23-29; Colossians 2:12.

4. What is Baptism and Why Do it?
It is commanded in Scripture (Matt 28:18–20).
Outward sign of repentance (Mark 1:3–4).
Outward sign of setting apart to God (Matt 3:13–15)
Outward sign of identification with Jesus (Mark 10:35–40)

5. Baptism is commanded
“All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Therefore, as you are going, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matt 28:18–20).

6. Baptism is a sign of repentance
4  John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins (Mark 1:4–5).

7. Baptism is a sign of “setting apart” to God
13  Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14  John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” (Matt 3:13–15).

8. Baptism is identification with Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection
35  And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37 And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” 38 Jesus said to them,“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” 39 And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized, 40 but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.” (Mark 10:35–40). 

9. Who/When/How? Believers (Rom 6:1–14)
Immersion (picture of death, burial, resurrection)
“repent and be baptized” (Acts 2:38–42)
Baptism follows repentance/conversion
Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:35–39
Jailer in Acts 16:30–33

10. What is really happening?
6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

11. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

12. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13  Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. (Rom 6:1–14).

13. But wait…
I was sprinkled as a child
I was baptized when I was young
Is it necessary for salvation?
Believers’ baptism by immersion. Not necessary for salvation but is an outward sign of an inward change. It is an act of obedience.

14. Baptism among Denominations
Catholic: By sprinkling. Removes original sin
Orthodox: By sprinkling. Initiates God’s life in the one baptized.
Lutheran: By sprinkling/pouring. God’s grace given in it; necessary for salvation.
Christian: Necessary for salvation.
Presbyterian: By sprinkling/pouring on infants/adults. Not necessary for salvation but a sign of the covenant.
Baptist, Pentecostal: By immersion for believers as a symbol of faith in Christ.

15. Lord’s Supper
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

16. 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world (1 Cor 11:23–32).

17. Modeled on Jesus’ Passover / last meal with His disciples.
No set model of how many times per year.
It is a memorial of Christ’s death and burial but also a celebration of His resurrection and anticipation of His coming again.
It is purely symbolic. The bread and wine (or grape juice) does not actually become the body and blood of Christ. There is no Scriptural support for this mystical view.
Believers who have a clear conscience are the only participants.

18. Lord’s Supper among Denominations
Catholic/Orthodox: Transubstantiation (the substance of bread and wine changed into Jesus’ body/blood). Sacrament as means of God’s grace.
Lutheran: Consubstantiation (bread and wine but also body and blood at the same time).
Presbyterian/Methodist: Body and blood of Jesus spiritually present in bread/wine.
Baptist/Christian/Pentecostal: Bread/wine (or grape juice) symbolic memorial of Jesus’ death.

19. VIII. The Lord's Day
The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities on the Lord's Day should be commensurate with the Christian's conscience under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 12:1-12; 28:1ff.; Mark 2:27-28; 16:1-7; Luke 24:1-3,33-36; John 4:21-24; 20:1,19-28; Acts 20:7; Romans 14:5-10; I Corinthians 16:1-2; Colossians 2:16; 3:16; Revelation 1:10.

20. Sabbath (“seventh”) = rest
God is the model for the sabbath (Gen 2:1–3).
Sabbath Day established in Ten Commandments (Exod 20:8–11).
The ultimate Sabbath rest is in the presence of God (Heb 4:9–11).

21. Saturday to Sunday? The Resurrection
24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus (Luke 24:1–3).
7 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight (Acts 20:7).
16 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. 2 Onthe first day of every week each one of you is to [a]put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come (1 Cor 16:1–2).

22. Do We Judge?
The Sabbath was made for man…not the other way around (Mark 2:23–28).
16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day— 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ (Col 2:16–17).

23. 5 One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God (Rom 14:5–10).

24. God modeled a day of rest in the 7th day after creation.
The Ten Commandments include a command to keep the sabbath.
Though modeled as Saturday, the early church switched to celebrating on Sunday because of the resurrection.
It is important to set aside a day of the week to devote to spiritual rest and thanksgiving but does not necessarily need to be Saturday or Sunday. The important point is that we do it. Important for physical, mental, and spiritual renewal.
Also important for us to come together as believers for worship and mutual encouragement (Acts 2:42–47; Heb 10:23–25).