The Ordinances of the Church (6) include water baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Water baptism commemorates salvation as the burial of past rebellion against God and resurrection to a new life of fellowship with God. The Lord’s Supper or Communion commemorates Christ’s great sacrifice for our salvation. The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Ghost (8), or speaking in tongues, is the biblical pattern for entry into an empowered Spirit-filled life. Sanctification (9) relates to the foundational
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