Each of these is an outward sign of inner convictions on the part of those who participate in them, and each has a unique, divinely-appointed function in the life of the believer.
Baptism is administered only once to any particular person.
It illustrates the Lord's death, burial and resurrection, in a most vivid manner. Baptism also has a special meaning in that it portrays the forgiveness of sins which is made available because of the events which it symbolizes, and in baptism a person actually receives this forgiveness. The other sacrament, the communion, also symbolizes the events surrounding the atoning death of Christ. The wine and the bread are appropriate representations of the body and the blood of our Savior which purchased our redemption. Thus, at his hand did these common elements of human nourishment, the wine and the unleavened bread, acquire a timeless significance as representations of the redemption from the condemnation of sin, a redemption attained for us by the very blood and body of the Lamb of God.