Hi All,
I hope I'm ok asking this here, please be kind .
I have a friend who is about to join the Salvation Army and we've been chatting about churches. She's recently been to church with me (High Church Anglican) and I am going to go along to her service soon. As we did so, I realised the massive difference between our churches' position on the sacraments.
As a bit of background, I believe that the Sacraments are outward signs of inward grace and that the physical acts really and actually bestow grace on the person at the point of reception. Baptism is essential to be a christian and the eucharist is an important renewal of the relationship with God, through Christ's body and blood by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Now I understand that this is not exactly the case in the SA (to put it mildly ). Please can you explain your position on the sacraments and the reasons for this. If they are not necessary, how does one become a christian/co-heir with christ/child of God? What is the Last Supper seen as?
It would be good to know a bit more!
I hope I'm ok asking this here, please be kind .
I have a friend who is about to join the Salvation Army and we've been chatting about churches. She's recently been to church with me (High Church Anglican) and I am going to go along to her service soon. As we did so, I realised the massive difference between our churches' position on the sacraments.
As a bit of background, I believe that the Sacraments are outward signs of inward grace and that the physical acts really and actually bestow grace on the person at the point of reception. Baptism is essential to be a christian and the eucharist is an important renewal of the relationship with God, through Christ's body and blood by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Now I understand that this is not exactly the case in the SA (to put it mildly ). Please can you explain your position on the sacraments and the reasons for this. If they are not necessary, how does one become a christian/co-heir with christ/child of God? What is the Last Supper seen as?
It would be good to know a bit more!