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Chapter 27: Of The Sacraments (Part 2)

Speaker: Reverend Joseph Poon

Website: http://www.bpcwa.org.au/

DOWNLOAD WCF Chapter 27: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jjXoMKS0WszKuwwHGnDWWbhRqryWILEz/view

Introduction - (00:00)

QUESTIONS

WCF 27.1 - (01:45)

Q1. State the 3 key purposes of sacraments we must be aware of (Galatians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 10:16; Exodus 12:48, Genesis 34:14, Romans 15:8; Romans 6:3, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 21). - (17:49)

Q2. How should these purposes change me? - (25:42)

WCF 27.2 - (57:27)

Q3. Why are sacraments therefore important? Is it simply because of the Reformed faith’s view of covenant? What happens if sacraments are dismissed and ignored as unimportant (Do not forget Christ instituted them!)? - (1:10:12)

Q4. Describe what these outward sacraments represent and how they are linked to their meanings and effects? How should we treat the leftover bread and juice after the Holy Communion? Why? - (1:18:29)

Q5. Does my refraining from water baptism and the Holy Communion mean I am exempt from these purposes of the sacraments? Explain. - (1:25:48)

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CHAPTER XXVII OF THE SACRAMENTS

1. SACRAMENTS are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace,1 immediately instituted by God,2 to represent Christ and his benefits, and to confirm our interest in him;3 as also to put a visible difference between those that belong unto the church and the rest of the world;4 and solemnly to engage them to the service of God in Christ, according to his word.5

1. Rom. 4:11; Gen. 17:7,10

2. Matt. 28:19; I Cor. 11:23

3. I Cor. 10:16; I Cor. 11:25-26; Gal. 3:27; Gal. 3:17

2. There is in every sacrament a spiritual relation, or sacramental union, between the sign and the thing signified; whence it comes to pass, that the names and effects of the one are attributed to the other.6

6. Gen. 17:10; Matt. 26:27-28; Tit. 3:5

3. The grace which is exhibited in or by the sacraments, rightly used, is not conferred by any power in them; neither doth the efficacy of a sacrament depend upon the piety or intention of him that doth administer it,7 but upon the work of the Spirit,8 and the word of institution; which contains, together with a precept authorizing the use thereof, a promise of benefit to worthy receivers.9

7. Rom. 2:28-29; I Pet. 3:21

8. Matt. 3:11; I Cor. 12:13

9. Matt. 26:7-8; Matt. 28:19-20

4. There be only two sacraments ordained by Christ out Lord in the gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord; neither of which may be dispensed by any but by a minister of the word, lawfully ordained.10

10. Matt. 28:19; I Cor. 11:20,23; I Cor. 4:1; Heb. 5:4

5. The sacraments of the Old Testament, in regard of the spiritual things thereby signified and exhibited, were, for substance, the same with those of the New.11

11. I Cor. 10:1-4

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Westminster Confession of Faith Series

Bible Presbyterian Church of WA

Friday 15th March 2019

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