Question 101

What is the Duty of such who are rightly baptized?

It is the Duty of such who are rightly baptized, to give up themselves to some particular and orderly Church of Jesus Christ, that they may walk in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

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Acts 2:41-42
41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 5:13-14
13Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

Acts 9:26
26When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

1 Peter 2:5
5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Luke 1:6
6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Source and edition

Baptist Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

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