Baptism
Our Lord commanded Baptism, saying to his disciples in the last chapter of Matthew: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I will be with you always, to the very end of the age.” The holy apostles of the Lord have written: “The promise is for you and your children,” and “Baptism now saves you.” We also learn from the Word of God that we all are conceived and born sinful and so are in need of forgiveness. We would be lost forever unless delivered from sin, death, and everlasting condemnation. but the Father of all mercy and grace has sent his Son Jesus Christ, who atoned for the sin of the whole world that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
I promise to raise my child in the true knowledge and worship of God; to teach him/her the Ten Commandments, the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer; to bring him/her to the services of God’s House; place in him/her hands the Holy Scriptures, and provide for him/her further instruction through Sunday School, Confirmation, etc.; that he/she may come to the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood and thus abiding in his/her baptismal grace and in communion with the Church, he/she may grow up to lead a Godly life to the praise and honor of Jesus Christ and to obtain the promised inheritance in heaven.”