What does the Bible say about Sacraments?

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What does the Bible say about the Sacraments? 

 The Bible says that Jesus gave His church two ordinances that we are commanded to observe until His return. They are Baptism (Matthew 28:19-20) and the Lord's Supper (Lk 22:14-20; 1 Cor 11:23-26). These ordinances are sacred rituals that have been practiced throughout the history of the Orthodox Christian faith, by those who trust in Jesus alone for their salvation.

 Baptism is an act of obedience, where the believer is to be immersed under water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19-20). This act symbolizes the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior; as well as the believers own symbolic death to sin, burial of the old life, and resurrection to walk in the newness of life in Jesus (Romans 6:3-5).

 The Lord’s Supper is also a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the Body of Christ, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, remember the death of their Savior (Matthew 26:26-30), and anticipate His second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26).

 The term that is most often used to describe these practices is sacrament, which refers to an outward visible sign, of an inward invisible spiritual reality. The sacraments are not to be regarded as a means of salvation; but instead, are meant to be a visible demonstration and testimony practiced by those who have already been saved.

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