Chapter 28: The Ordinances

Source: 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith

Chapter 28
THE ORDINANCES

28.1 Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances explicitly and sovereignly appointed by the Lord Jesus, the only lawgiver,¹ to be continued in his church to the end of the world.²

(1) Mat 28:19-20; 1Co 11:24-25
(2) Mat 28:18-20; Rom 6:3-4; 1Co 1:13-17; Gal 3:27; Eph 4:5; Col 2:12; 1Pe 3:21; 1Co 11:26; Luk 22:14-20

28.2 These holy appointments are to be administered by those who are qualified and called to do so, according to the commission of Christ.¹

(1) Mat 24:45-51; Luk 12:41-44; 1Co 4:1; Tit 1:5-7