Sacrements

Sacrements | Drench Series

Sacrament:-- from Latin, oath of allegiance; A rite believed to be a means of or visible form of grace. 
A deposit by two parties seeking to secure justice.
God – Grace Man – Faith 

 Baptism is not a ritual to be performed but a dynamic that must be a present day and continuous reality.
Matthew 28:19-20 “…go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…” 

“Baptize”:-- to immerse, to submerge, to bathe, to overwhelm, to pickle, to produce a permanent change. 
Not just getting wet. 
An identification and a union with Christ that results in a genuine change.

Colossians 2:10, 12
“So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority … For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized … In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities.”

Luke 22:19-20
“And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’ Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.’”

Covenant – a solemn agreement between two parties for the purposes of creating and maintaining a successful relationship.
You don’t take communion, you receive communion.
Common — Union

Lords Table – Remember Me!
Not a call to commiserate his suffering or our sin, but a call to commemorate His triumph. 
  “It is finished!”
Eucharist:-- gratitude, thanks/grace

Hebrews 2:14 
“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,...”