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What does it mean that some Mennonites observe the Lords Supper and Baptism as a Memorial rather than a Sacrament?
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Well the Mennonites sticking to the simple teachings of Christ, who's words are recorded in The Bible in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians chapter 11 and verses 23 through 26 (King James Version), about the observance of the Lord's Supper:
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
The practice of water Baptism is an act of obedience that follows conversion to portray symbolically the washing away of our sins. The baptism itself does not bring salvation; salvation inspires the water baptism.
These both are Remembrances of or Memorials to the acts of Christ our Savior on our behalf, His act of shedding His Blood, allowing His body to be broken, and His washing away of our sins. These are not some ritual or Sacrament that would make us holy or pure before a Holy God.
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