Sermon Topic: Ordinances

What We Believe: The Lord’s Supper

Date: April 17th, 1974  |  Scripture: John 6:53  |  Topics: Communion, Lord's Supper, Observance, Ordinances

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.


Baptism in the Christian Life

Date: August 28th, 1977  |  Scripture: Acts 8:26-39  |  Topics: Baptism, Immersion, Infant Baptism, Ordinances, Original Sin, Sin, Sprinkling, Tradition, cleansing

And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this charContinue Reading


Till He Comes

Date: October 2nd, 1977  |  Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:26  |  Topics: Day of the Lord, Feasts, Hope, Institutions, Kingdom of God, Lord's Supper, Ordinances, Passover, Second Advent

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.


Following Jesus Through the Water

Date: August 26th, 1979  |  Scripture: Matthew 3:1-17  |  Topics: Baptism, Church, History, Ordinances, Trinity

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the regionContinue Reading


The Gospel Dramatized in Two Acts

Date: July 6th, 1980  |  Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26  |  Topics: Baptism, Communion, Gospel, Ordinances

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink thisContinue Reading


The Ordinances of the Church

Date: February 14th, 1982  |  Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:24-26  |  Topics: Baptism, Communion, Ordinances

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.


The Ordinances of the Church

Date: February 14th, 1982  |  Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20  |  Topics: Church, Commandment, Fellowship, Ordinances

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.


The Divine Institution of Baptism

Date: March 7th, 1982  |  Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20  |  Topics: Baptism, Ordinances, Ritual, Symbolism

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.


The Divine Institution of Baptism

Date: March 7th, 1982  |  Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20  |  Topics: Baptism, Evangelism, Identification, Immersion, Ordinances, Water

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.


The Memorial Supper

Date: March 28th, 1982  |  Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:25-26  |  Topics: Blood, Communion, Eucharist, Memorial, Ordinances, body

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.