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SACRAMENTS
Outward signs of an
invisible grace and NOT replacing faith as a prerequisite to salvation.
1.
BAPTISM is the event that starts spiritual life
through membership in the Church. Infant Baptism allows parents/God-parents
to accept responsibility for child until Confirmation through their
acceptance of Jesus in their life. (Mt
28:19-20; Mk 16:15-16, Lk 5:17-26)
2.
COMMUNION, also EUCHARIST, is the remembrance of Jesus’
Last Supper. Our faith converts bread to the Body and wine to the Blood of
our Savior. We consume as He directed. (Mt
26:26-28; Mk 14:22-25; Lk 22:19-20; Jn 6 all; 1 Cor 10:16; and
11:27)
3.
RECONCILIATION, also CONFESSION, is an event through which
one admits sins and hears God’s forgiveness and Biblical counsel for
improvement. General reconciliation is part of the Mass, but special counseling is available from the pastor upon
request. (2 Cor 5:16-20; Jms 5:16; 1 Jn 1:9)
4.
CONFIRMATION is an event through which one confirms the
affirmations made by parents and sponsors during infant Baptism. It
is also the “altar call” experience in which, by the Holy Spirit, we learn
how to enter into an intimate relationship with Jesus by the use of the
gifts and fruits of the Spirit. Quinceañeras are conducted as Confirmation rites. (Jn 3 & 14:25-26)
5.
MATRIMONY, also MARRIAGE, the event through which a
couple receive understanding of how to live together forever as husband and
wife in the same intimacy as Christ and the Church. Remarriage is administered without judgment. (Gen 2:24; Mt 19:6 cf; Mk 10:11-12)
6.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK. It is through this
sacrament that one can be healed physically, but most certainly spiritually
(by faith) through a deeper focus on the love of our Lord. (Mt 10:8; Mk 16:17-18; Jms 5:14-15)
7.
HOLY ORDERS, also ORDINATION, is the
sacrament through which deacons, priests and bishops
are installed for service of the faithful. Apostolic Succession, which
traces the lines of consecration of a bishop back to the Apostles, is
maintained in this Church. As in the Roman Catholic Church, the priest
serves the bishop by helping the local community enter into a
personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Our
clergy can be and often are married. (1
Tim 3:1-13; Tit 1:6-9; Acts 6:6; Eph 4:11-13)
BELIEFS
THE
BIBLE is the inspired and inerrant word of God available
in many translations and used to teach and equip. (2 Tim 3:16-17)
FAITH
is the only way to understand and receive our
salvation. (Eph 2:8-9)
THE
TRINITY is the description of 1 God in 3 Persons,
God the Father who is attributed with creation, God the Son who is our
redeemer, and God the Holy Spirit who is the life of the Church. (Mt 28:19)
THE
CREEDS are Statements of fundamental Christian
beliefs developed by the first seven Councils of the Church known as the
Apostle's, Nicene, and Athenasian Creeds.
These explain our faith in plain, simple, and uncomplicated manners;
Bible summary.
THE
COMMANDMENTS are basic guides for living sound moral lives
in our relationships with God and neighbors in the form of Ten
Commandments, and are fulfilled by Jesus’ command of love. (Mt 22:37-40)
THE
CHURCH is the body of believers in Jesus Christ,
Christ being the head. The Catholic Charismatic church is a branch of the
one, holy, catholic (universal), and apostolic Church. (Eph 2:19-22; 5:23-24)
SIN is any unloving act against God’s creation that separates us from
God. Confessing our sin brings God’s forgiveness by our faith in Christ’s
death on the cross accomplished 2,000 years ago. (1 Jn 1:9)
SATAN is the accuser of mankind who lies, cheats, kills, steals, and
destroys through confusion of the truth. He is a defeated being who
has as much power over our will as we allow him to have. God’s
infinite love for us allows us free will choice between His love and
Satan's lies. (Jn 8:32)
SALVATION is the redemption from eternal punishment, to an eternal life of
glory with God, not by works, but by faith in the grace of God trough the
atoning death of Jesus Christ. (Eph 2:8-9)
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