Chapter 28: Of Baptism (Part 3) - The Westminster Confession Series | Rev Joseph Poon

Chapter 28: Of Baptism (Part 3) Speaker: Reverend Joseph Poon Website: http://www.bpcwa.org.au/ DOWNLOAD WCF Chapter 28: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10WF3ueV3LBdNneEk6B_dxBzJ5hsFrB9y/view Introduction - (00:00) QUESTIONS Q1. Did the OT saints have baptisms? What did it symbolize? What does the NT baptism symbolize? – (18:54) Q2. Why did Christ undergo baptism by John the baptizer? – (32:34) Q3. What was the difference between John the baptizer’s baptism and water baptism thereafter as ordained by Christ as a sacrament? – (41:52) Q4. Were the people baptized by John the baptizer baptized again by the Apostles? Why? – (46:02) Q5. Why is it important to understand the OT baptism, circumcision, and the NT baptism? – (51:12) Q6. Why should water baptism be administered by a minister of the gospel, lawfully called thereunto? – (1:05:31) WCF 28.3 Q7. Sprinkling rather than immersion? Q7. a) What are some key reasons some Christians insist that water baptism must be by immersion? – (1:21:40) Q7. b) Was not Jesus baptized by immersion? How do you know? – (1:26:33) Q7. c) Give other examples of baptisms in the Bible. – (1:38:10) Q7. d) Could they have been baptism by immersion for sure? Why? Q7. e) Does baptism mean immersion? Support your answer with Scriptures. Q7. f) What are some occasions that immersion will not be possible for a person? Should such persons not be baptized then? – (1:43:33) Q8. Should we re-baptize believers who: Q8. a) Were baptized by immersion? Why? – (1:44:45) Q8. b) Were baptized in other churches? Please elaborate? – (1:46:25) Q8. c) Were baptized as infants? Why? – (1:48:05) Q9. What are some examples extreme and erroneous practices of baptism? What should the right attitude be and why? – (1:48:15) ==== CHAPTER XXVIII OF BAPTISM 1. BAPTISM is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ,1 not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible church;2 but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace,3 of his ingrafting into Christ,4 of regeneration,5 of remission of sins,6 and of his giving up unto God through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life:7 which sacrament is, by Christ’s own appointment, to be continued in this church until the end of the world.8 1. Matt. 28:19 2. I Cor. 12:13 3. Rom. 4:11; with Col. 2:11-12 4. Gal. 3:27; Rom. 6:5 5. Tit. 3:5 6. Mark 1:4 7. Rom. 6:3-4 8. Matt. 28:19-20 2. The outward element to be used in this sacrament is water, wherewith the party is to be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, by a minister of the gospel, lawfully called thereunto.9 9. Matt. 3:11; John 1:33; Matt. 28:19-20 3. Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but baptism is rightly administered by pouring or sprinkling water upon the person.10 10. Heb. 9:10, 19-22; Acts 2:41; Acts 16:33; Mark 7:4 4. Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ,11 but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized.12 11. Mark 16:15-16; Acts 8:37-38 12. Gen. 17:7, 9; with Gal. 3:9, 14; and Col. 2:11-12; and Acts 2:38-39; and Rom. 4:11-12; I Cor. 7:14; Matt. 28:19; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15 .... ==== Westminster Confession of Faith Series Bible Presbyterian Church of WA Friday 31st May 2019 To watch this video on YouTube, use this link: https://youtu.be/ICQBI_SBmTw If you were helped by this recording, please share this with someone who would benefit from this.