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1st Catechism126-140
CBPC First Catechism
Question | Answer |
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126. How many sacraments are there? | Two. |
127. What are they? | Baptism and the Lord's Supper. |
128. Who appointed these sacraments? | The Lord Jesus Christ. |
129. Why did Christ appoint these sacraments? | To distinguish his people from the world, and to comfort and strengthen them. |
130. What sign is used in baptism? | Washing with water. |
131. What does this washing with water represent? | That we are united to Christ and cleansed from sin by his blood. |
132. Into whose name are we baptized? | Into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. |
133. Who are to be baptized? | Believers and their children. |
134. Why are we baptized even as little infants? | Because God includes the children of believers in his covenant and marks them in baptism. |
135. What did Jesus say about little children? | "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." |
136. What does baptism call you to be? | A true follower of Christ. |
137. What sign is used in the Lord's Supper? | Eating bread and drinking wine to remember the suffering and death of Jesus. |
138. What does the bread represent? | Christ's body sacrificed for our sins. |
139. What does the wine represent? | Christ's blood shed for our sins. |
140. Who may rightly partake of the Lord's Supper? | Those who repent of their sins, trust in Christ, live a godly life, and profess their faith before the Church. |