Comments on: The Sacraments and the Church… http://www.alanknox.net/2006/11/sacraments-and-church/ the weblog of Alan Knox Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Assembling of the Church | The Sacraments and the Church http://www.alanknox.net/2006/11/sacraments-and-church/#comment-10937 The Assembling of the Church | The Sacraments and the Church Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:02:23 +0000 http://dev.alanknox.net/assembling/2006/11/the-sacraments-and-the-church/#comment-10937 [...] a post from three years ago called “The Sacraments and the Church,” I interacted with a statement from Peterson’s book concerning one of the [...] [...] a post from three years ago called “The Sacraments and the Church,” I interacted with a statement from Peterson’s book concerning one of the [...]

]]> By: Lew Ayotte http://www.alanknox.net/2006/11/sacraments-and-church/#comment-119 Lew Ayotte Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:08:00 +0000 http://dev.alanknox.net/assembling/2006/11/the-sacraments-and-the-church/#comment-119 Alan,<br/><br/>Very interesting post. I have never really considered much about the sacraments, apart from the fact that I think Christians should be purposeful in doing them. With that said, I believe you are correct in your statements.<br/><br/>To answer your question, the two sacraments have two purposes in my eyes. Baptisms purpose is a public display of your obedience to Christ in salvation. The Lords Supper in remembrance of his work for us.<br/><br/>Have we diminished the significance?<br/><br/>Probably, maybe not so much in Baptism - although the pre-made pool might diminish our view on Baptism... However I doubt many people would agree.<br/><br/>I would say significance is definitely lost with the Lord's supper. In my eyes, a bunch of people I hardly know, sitting in a room, eating part of a cracker, and drinking a quarter shot of grape juice, hardly seems like the Lord's last supper.<br/><br/>Lew Alan,

Very interesting post. I have never really considered much about the sacraments, apart from the fact that I think Christians should be purposeful in doing them. With that said, I believe you are correct in your statements.

To answer your question, the two sacraments have two purposes in my eyes. Baptisms purpose is a public display of your obedience to Christ in salvation. The Lords Supper in remembrance of his work for us.

Have we diminished the significance?

Probably, maybe not so much in Baptism – although the pre-made pool might diminish our view on Baptism… However I doubt many people would agree.

I would say significance is definitely lost with the Lord’s supper. In my eyes, a bunch of people I hardly know, sitting in a room, eating part of a cracker, and drinking a quarter shot of grape juice, hardly seems like the Lord’s last supper.

Lew

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