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have long gleaned from the first book of the Bible——God has sovereignly created and ordered the universe. This ordering applies as much to morality as it does to nature, to man’s behavior as it does to his constitution. God has arranged and regulated both the natural and ethical spheres of His creation.
Hitherto, all down the ages, the influence of the historic churches has led to a virtual identification of religion with its ordinances, or at least to the acceptance of a due regard for them- as the sign and test of loyalty to the faith.
There are limits drawn about our lives by God's creative ordinance which we cannot trespass and within which, therefore, God's order prevails in spite of our sin. There are, however, certain areas of God's creation where we can go out of bounds, but which limits we know ought not be transgressed.
Definition. An ordinance is a Christian rite, associated with tangible elements (water; bread and wine), that is celebrated by the church of Jesus Christ. The term is closely associated with the word sacrament, which is an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace. Summary.
Linguistically, ordinance is more biblical language than sacrament. At least, the linguistic data is there if we begin with the King James Version or even the American Standard Version. For example, the Passover is described as a feast that must be kept by an ordinance forever (Exod 12.14, 17).
Ordinances only express the salvation that you have received in Jesus Christ. They do not make you more holy or being sanctified.
One of the areas of distinctiveness relates to the ordinances. A New Testament “ordinance” is a commandment which requires more than one Christian to carry out; it is usually a symbol representing some great spiritual principle.
