The Reformed Baptism Form continues: "And to forsake the world." As the water of the flood separated the church from condemned humanity, as the Red Sea formed a barrier between Egypt and the covenantal people, as circumcision drew the line between Israel and the nations, so baptism draws the deciding borderline between the world and …
Reformed Baptism Formula!
Form for the Administration of Holy Baptism to Infants: First, that we with our children are conceived and born in sin, and therefore are children of wrath, in so much that we cannot enter into the kingdom of God, unless we are born again. This is what sprinkling with water teaches us, by which the …
Evil!
We are assured also in our Form of Baptism, that our Father will, "avert all evil from us, or turn it to our profit." Notice, very naively, as if the foregoing were not really meant seriously, the statement concludes with: or turn it to our profit. The sense of this is that evil will clearly come and is not averted …
God’s Goodness!
In our baptism form, we read that, the Father will also, "provide us with all good, and avert all evil from us, or turn it to our profit." Of all good! What does this mean? From the common viewpoint of our selfish natural life, good is only what satisfies our desires and soothes our passions. Those things of …
Self-Despair!
Self-Despair God's Grace in Salvation! THE COURAGE OF HONESTY! The necessary confession of our baptism formula declares that “we with our children are conceived and born in sin, and therefore are children of wrath.” Contrary that is, to the delusion of the world today that in all men lies a seed of goodness, just waiting …
We and Our Children!
“We and Our Children” “God’s Grace in Salvation” WE WITH OUR CHILDREN ARE CONCEIVED AND BORN IN SIN A frightful confession? Yes, But a confession God wants to hear from us. It was familiar to previous generations, but not this one. A generation that has died under the influence of the mind-altering drug of evolution, …
From the Qur’an to the Bible!
“From the Qur’an to the Bible” “From Muhammad to Jesus” FROM THE QUR’AN 1. The Christian Scriptures Many Muslims and their Clerics speak of the Holy Bible as Muhammad never would. They speak of Christians and Jews that have corrupted the Bible, that it’s not trustworthy. Muhammad did not speak in this way and neither …
