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“You were included in Christ when you heard the gospel of your when you heard the gospel of your salvation, having believed” salvation, having believed”

Jesus said: “ All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples… teaching them to obey everything I have commanded ”

Jesus said: “ If you love Me, keep My commandments” Where do we find this?

The actions immerse, bury, raise Jesus said: “Make disciples, baptising them” The symbols Water The reality We “died” with Him & live in Him The River Jordan

Do we “die” because we are baptized? Do we “die” because we are baptized? or or Are we baptized because we “ died ” ? Are we baptized because we “ died ” ? ” We were buried with Him through baptism into death” “One died for all, therefore all died”

EXCLUDED * INCLUDED Separate from Christ... excluded from citizenship… foreigners to the… promise… without hope & without God in the world

EXCLUDED * INCLUDED Separate from Christ... excluded from citizenship… Foreigners to…the promise… without hope & without God in the world but now in Christ Jesus you were once far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ

SYMBOLS Ring Crown & Symbolic Actions kneel salute

SYMBOLS MAY BE EMPTY. What makes a king? Is he a king because he wears a crown? OR Does he wear a crown because he is a king?

The Symbol Water = symbol of death

The Symbolic Actions Immerse = symbol of dying Submerge = symbol of burial [end of old, condemned, mortal life] Emerge = symbol of resurrection [beginning of a new, eternal life]

Communion, Eucharist, Breaking of Bread, The Lord’s Supper

And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. Luke 22:19-20

The Symbols Bread Wine

The Symbolic Actions Break & eat Pour & drink

Jesus the sacrificial Lamb of God John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

Jesus paid our debt “I did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give My life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:45

Jesus Christ, the Righteous One … is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Confess, believe, accept Jesus to be forgiven If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

“Christ died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, to bring us to God” ONCE! ONCE!

The Lord Jesus…took bread …broke it and said: “This is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me”.

The Symbol and the Actions are only pictures The symbol Bread The Lord Jesus…took bread …broke it and said: “This is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me”. The actions Break & eat

The actions Break & eat The Symbol and the Actions are pictures. The Lord Jesus…took bread …broke it and said: “This is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me”. The symbol Bread The meaning ?

The actions Break & eat Visual Aid The Lord Jesus…took bread …broke it and said: “This is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me”. The symbols Bread The meaning Jesus’ body broken for us

The actions Pour & drink The Symbol and the Actions are pictures The Lord Jesus… took the cup saying: ”This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this in remembrance of Me.” The symbol Wine The reality Jesus’ blood shed for us

The actions Break & eat Pour & drink The Symbol and the Actions are only pictures The Lord Jesus…took bread …broke it and said: “This is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me”. He took the cup saying :”This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this in remembrance of Me.” The symbols Bread Wine The meaning Jesus died for us

Does He die because we break the bread? Do we break the bread because He died? OR

Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God”..INCLUDED “Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried