IS BAPTISM A SACRAMENT!

The following quotes concerning baptism are taken from chapter 28 of the Westminster Confessions…  “1. Baptism is a sacrament of the new testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church; but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God, through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life. Which sacrament is, by Christ’s own appointment, to be continued in His Church until the end of the world.

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First, baptism is NOT a sacrament.  There is NO special grace conferred by being baptized.  The word “sacrament” isn’t even found in the Bible.

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Furthermore, there is NOT one single Verse in the entire Bible which teaches that a person is sealed through baptism.

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On the contrary, Ephesians 1:13 states… “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.It’s God’s Holy Spirit which seals the believer; NOT baptism.    The only sure sign that a person has been placed into the Body of Christ is the Holy Spirit of God Himself, “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit” (1st John 4:13).

Scripture clearly teaches then that, baptism is NOT a sacrament!