Baptist Catechism, Question 96
Question 96
How do Baptism and the Lord's Supper, become effectual Means of Salvation?
Baptism and the Lord's Supper become effectual Means of Salvation, not for any Virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them, but only by the Blessing of Christ, and the working of the Spirit in those that by Faith received them.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
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1 Peter 3:2121And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Matthew 3:1111I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
1 Corinthians 3:6-76I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
1 Corinthians 12:1313For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
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