An English born preacher (Edwin Fesche, now of Baltimore) taught this writer years ago that to be a valid ordinance of the Christian church, an observance had to be three things:
1. Instituted by Christ Himself,
2. Practiced in the Acts of the Apostles,
3. Explained in the Epistles of the NT.
Only two ordinances meet these three criteria: baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
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| without | search for verses not contained of the search words. Without can not be used by it self, meaning that it has to be minimum one more condition included (all/at least one,etc) | all: "fish", without: "bread", will search for verses that contains "fish" but NOT "bread" |
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