Question 176. In what respects do baptism and the Lord's Supper agree?

 

Question 176. In what respects do baptism and the Lord's Supper agree?

Answer. There are two things in which baptism and the Lord's Supper agree: God is the Author; the spiritual part of both is Christ and his benefits; both are the seals of the same covenant; both are to be administered by the ministers of the gospel, that is, by the pastors, and by no one else; and both are to continue to be administered in the church of Christ until the Lord comes again.

The sacraments are divided into baptism and the Eucharist. Baptism is a ceremony to become God's people, and the Eucharist is a ceremony to commemorate becoming God's people. Baptism is being born again through water and the Holy Spirit, believing that we are united with Jesus Christ on the cross, die, and rise again. Therefore, God sends the Holy Spirit to make us God's people. And the Eucharist commemorates becoming God's people by breaking bread and drinking the cup to those who have become God's people.

The common point between baptism and the Eucharist is the perspective of being God's people. There is a clear difference between the ritual for becoming God's people and the memorial ritual after becoming God's people, but in the sense of leaving the world and heading to the kingdom of God, baptism and the Eucharist are the same concept.

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