The Holy Spirit in Baptism and Confirmation

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion2

Holy Spirit in Baptism3

Purpose of Baptism4

How to find the baptism in the Holy Spirit?5

Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit7

The process of child christening through Baptism8

The Biblical Doctrine of Infant Baptism9

Holy Spirit in Confirmation10

Turning Up and Receiving Communion and Confirmation10

Confirmation, the acknowledgment Sacrament10

The Christian Nurture of Children13

The Confirmation Process14

Communion before Confirmation14

The Admission of Baptized Children to Holy Communion before Confirmation16

Children Communion before Confirmation17

The Criteria for Approval of the Children Admission into the Communion17

Preparing the Children18

The Communion Preparation Programme for Children19

Children Visit to other Parishes or Communions20

Faith enlightened by the gifts of Intelligence and Science20

Fear of God21

Conclusion21

Bibliography23

The Holy Spirit in Baptism and Confirmation

Introduction

In this lesson, we will devote ourselves to baptism and confirmation. These two things go together but confirmation which is not possible without baptism, however, they also differ. Various churches belong to baptism, not confirmation which is a sacrament that is a sacred act, we believe that Jesus has called us to do. The Holy Spirit in Baptism is the concept which means to receive the power of ministry, miracle working ability and the spirituality. This is accomplished through speaking in tongues which is the non cognitive communication with God.

Christian denominations have the diverse meanings of baptism. Some denominations believe that baptism is all about washing away the sins. However, others consider it as the type of exorcism from the evil spirits. While according to some others that baptism is a process of religious purification and consecration with the use of water which ensures that the person is purified and cleansed from the sin and completely devoted towards the dignity of God. Baptism in the Holy Spirit results in speaking in tongues (Acts 2:4 & Acts 19:6). This can be described as the Holy Spirit takes a believer to have a permanent union with the Christ and with the believers of Christ at the time of salvation. Paul the Baptist stated in this regard that “we were all baptized by one spirit into one body, we were all given the one spirit to drink” (1 Corinthians 12:13).

This study intends to deliver the in-depth information about how children receive communion with or without being confirmed. It addresses the concern of how children go through the process of christening and enter into the Holy Communion and it also highlights the importance of baptism in the Christianity.

Discussion

The Baptism is a religious sacrament and apology where the person administers himself to the community of believers. The term baptism has been derived from the Greek word Baptein that means to immerse, to wash and to dip. This describes the ritual of immersion designed to sanctify and purify.

God sent the Baptist John to spread the news of the arrival of Jesus Christ. God directed him to baptize those people who accept his message (John 1:33). People came to John and accepted his message, confessed their wrong deeds and sins, and in turn, acknowledged that they will be forgiven with the arrival of Jesus ...