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Out of gratitude for Christ's works for us we serve Him and want to obey, and we understand that nothing we do earns our salvation; it is His works, not ours.   

Out of gratitude for Christ's works for us we serve Him and want to obey, and we understand that nothing we do earns our salvation; it is His works, not ours.   

Christianity teaches three basic sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper.  Believers in Christ are to be baptized in water.  Water had always been seen in Scripture as cleansing, and life-giving, powerful and necessary.  Romans 6:4 says that in baptism: "We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life."  Baptism is not merely symbolic, representing what Jesus did in His death, but an actual dying to our sins, and a raising of us up by God in newness of forgiven life.  It is a one-time rite done at the beginning of a Christian's profession of faith.

Christianity teaches two basic sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper.  Believers in Christ are to be baptized in water.  Water had always been seen in Scripture as cleansing, and life-giving, powerful and necessary.  Romans 6:4 says that in baptism: "We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life."  Baptism is not merely symbolic, representing what Jesus did in His death, but an actual dying to our sins, and a raising of us up by God in newness of forgiven life.  It is a one-time rite done at the beginning of a Christian's profession of faith.

Christians also believe in the Lord's Supper, which Jesus said "This is My Body which is given for you.  Do this in remembrance of me."  He took bread and wine and said "Take eat, this is My Body shed for you, for the forgiveness of your sins" and "Take and drink, this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many, for the forgiveness of your sins"(Lk.2; Mt.26, Mk.14).  Christians celebrate this communion at Church, a time of reflection upon their sins, repentance, and receiving afresh God's promise of forgiveness and grace through the death of Jesus for us.

Christians also believe in the Lord's Supper, which Jesus said "This is My Body which is given for you.  Do this in remembrance of me."  He took bread and wine and said "Take eat, this is My Body shed for you, for the forgiveness of your sins" and "Take and drink, this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many, for the forgiveness of your sins"(Lk.2; Mt.26, Mk.14).  Christians celebrate this communion at Church, a time of reflection upon their sins, repentance, and receiving afresh God's promise of forgiveness and grace through the death of Jesus for us.