SACRAMENTS

“Sacraments are visible means of spiritual blessings, religious rites instituted by Christ...A Sacrament is a sacred act, ordained by God, wherein He, by certain external means, connected with His Word, offers, conveys, and seals unto men the grace which Christ merited...Sacraments are not merely marks of profession, whereby men may know who are Christians; they do not merely symbolize spiritual gifts, which believers receive in some other way. The Sacraments are signs and tokens of grace; they are means through which God offers and assures His grace to man.” - Edward Koehler