Life as a Christian
Baptism
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4
Communion
23 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:
24 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.
25 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.
1 Corinthians 11:23-25
Confirm
Christ Ascends to God’s Right Hand
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Mark 16:17-20
Confessions
Fellowship with Him and One Another
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 1:5-10
The prayer of all prayers is found in John 17, the Lord’s prayer, when he prayed for his disciples that they might all be “one” (cf. John 17:21-23). This is the real Lord’s prayer. Jesus is our great high priest who intercedes for us (Romans 8:34; (1 Tim. 2:5; Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 2:1). This great spiritual privilege of prayer makes Christians the salt of the earth, as they pray for civil leaders (Matthew 5:13; 1 Timothy 2:1-2). We as God’s prayer warriors are to be at our posts constantly as a great deterrent to evil in this present world (Matthew 26:41; Luke 18:1; Romans 1:12; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17).