1689 London Baptist Confession
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 giving up into
God, through Jesus Christ, to live and walk in newness of life.
( Romans
6:3-5; Colossians
2;12; Galatians
3:27; Mark
1:4; Acts
22:16; Romans
6:4 )
2. Those who do actually profess repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience to, our
Lord Jesus Christ, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance.
( Mark
16:16; Acts
8:36, 37; Acts
2:41; Acts
8:12; Acts
18:8 )
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.
( Matthew
28:19, 20; Acts
8:38 )
4. Immersion, or dipping of the person in water, is necessary to the due administration of
this ordinance. ( Matthew
3:16; John
3:23 )
For further study:
"Baptist Roots in America: The Historical Background of Reformed Baptists in America", Samuel E. Waldron, Simpson Publishing Co. (1991)
"A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith", Samuel E. Waldron, Evangelical Press, 1989
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