The human means by which this result is secured is repentance and faith whereby one turns unto God in sincere contrition and accepts Jesus Christ as an all-sufficient Saviour. God has His purposes of grace in the salvation of man. These purposes are made effectual by the giving of His Son and in the constraining and regenerating influence of the Holy Ghost upon all who sincerely believe on Christ. But these purposes do not contravene the freedom of man's will nor render inoperative the proclamation of the gospel to all. The ordinances of the gospel are Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
Baptism symbolizes the fact of regeneration.
The Lord's Supper is a commemoration of His dying love. It symbolizes the fact that the believer is continuously fed and nourished by Christ. In its observance it is to be placed after Baptism, according to its symbolic and historic order, as required by the teaching of the New Testament. The Church Spiritual includes the whole company of believers regardless of name, age, or country, and is known only to the eye of God. The Church Formal is a company of believers baptized in the name of the Triune God and observing the forms, ordinances, and principles laid down in the New Testament.