Sacraments Flashcards
How many sacraments are there? Defend your answer with Scripture proofs.
There are two sacraments––baptism (Matt. 28:19) and the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:23–26).
What is a sacrament? Explain in layman’s terms. Defend with Scripture proofs.
A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ (Matt. 26:26–28; 28:19); wherein, by sensible signs, Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented, sealed, and applied to believers (1 Cor. 10:16–17; Gal. 3:27).
A sacrament is an outward representation of an inward reality.
Does anything really happen in a sacrament?
There is, in every sacrament, a spiritual relation, or sacramen-
tal union, between the sign and the thing signified: whence it comes to pass, that the names and effects of the one are attributed to the other.
Cite at least four New Testament references showing parallels between the Old Testament and New Testament sacraments (Quote two.).
Matt. 26:26–28 | Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
Rom. 4:11
1 Cor. 10:1–4
Col. 2:11–12 | In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him
through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Of what is baptism a sign and seal?
– Where in Scripture are these terms used?
– How does the latter term relate to paedo-baptism?
Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with the water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.
Rom. 4:11
A seal recognizes divine initiative in keeping the child until that time when he or she professes faith. It calls to mind God’s faithfulness to the recipient until and beyond the time when the child responds with faith.
