Covenant's Connection Of Freedom And Baptism

An Analysis of the Covenant’s Connection of Freedom and Baptism

This religious study will define the connection between freedom and baptism in the convenient presented in the Convent’s Affirmations: This We Believe by Donald C . Frisk. The concept of baptism is defined through the intermediary theory of baptism as defined by P.P. Waldenstrom, which avoids the extremes of ex poor operate as function of performance in the baptism rites. In this manner, Covenant agrees with Waldenstrom’s view of the symbolic meaning of baptism as a “symbolic action” through the grace of God. More so, the premise of freedom is based on receiving the Holy Spirit, which liberates the soul from the believer’s past life. These two factors: baptism and freedom, define

These “performances” are not to be taken to extreme literalism, which represents the limitations and rescissions of “performance” in baptismal rites: “With respect to baptism, Waldenstrom rejects every claim that it is efficacious ex opere operato, that is, by virtue of having been performed.” In this context, the symbolic act of baptism presents a more metaphysical interoperation of acceptance into the Evangelical community. In this manner, the Covenant Church does not rely entirely on the “stand alone” principles of baptism, nor to the principle that adults (and not infants) are capable of receiving the baptismal rite. In this way, a unified and diverse view of baptismal rites are crucial in terms of the symbolic importance of the rite: “Avoiding both extremes he sees baptism as a symbolic action of the Church through which the grace of God which has made available at Calvary is made present to our faith”. these are important aspects of baptismal rites, which these affirmations confirm on the symbolic importance of baptism that rejects the notion of ex opera operate in the tradition of P.P.

All who are redeemed have the gift of the Spirit (Galatians 4:6). Paul states it bluntly, "Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him" (Romans 8:9). In this manner, the reception of the Holy Spirit is the connecting factor in the freedom of the individual and the baptismal rite. This connection must be acknowledged by the belier in order to posses the providence of freedom under God. This feeling of “freshness’ is part of the new belief that God’s presence is now within the spirit of the individual. In this way, the mysteries of God are now open to the newly found faith of the beleiver, which can only be achieved through baptism. these are important aspects of freedom and baptismal rites, which can be connected in the context of the