{"id":1152,"date":"2021-07-29T19:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T02:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/?page_id=1152"},"modified":"2022-05-31T17:11:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T00:11:39","slug":"holy-communion-and-water-baptism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/holy-communion-and-water-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Communion and Water Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1152\" class=\"elementor elementor-1152\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14cf3a1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14cf3a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64a6e64\" data-id=\"64a6e64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487b7c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"487b7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Holy Communion and Water Baptism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92c1bf5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92c1bf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f69efd9\" data-id=\"f69efd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64af7b1\" data-id=\"64af7b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f7063f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f7063f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Church of Almighty God claims to be Christianity with a protestant house church background. The Lord&#8217;s Supper and Water Baptism are the two recognized Sacraments within Protestantism. CAG does not observe Holy Communion and Water Baptism.<\/span><\/strong><\/li><li><p>The Church of Almighty God has abolished the two Sacraments instituted by Jesus during the last supper and with the proclamation of the Great Commission. After the Age of Grace, now in the Age of Kingdom, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u201cthese rules have been abolished.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> In fact, &#8220;<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0describes the new ministries of Almighty God as follows: <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;He has not come to heal the sick, or to cast out demons, or to perform miracles, and He has not come to spread the gospel of repentance, or to grant man redemption. That is because Jesus has already done this work, and God does not repeat the same work. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Today,<\/em> <em>God has come to bring an end to the Age of Grace and cast out all the practices of the Age of Grace<\/em>.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT1956.w.0.1.327_258&amp;q=these+rules+have+been+abolished\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, <em>The Word Appears in the Flesh,<\/em> \u201cThe Mystery of the Incarnation (4)<\/a>,\u201d Google e-book, accessed January 24, 2022, 1970; pdf version, 1190 &amp; 1961.<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT1340&amp;q=Today%2C+God+has+come+to+bring+an+end+to+the+Age+of+Grace+and+cast+out+all+the+practices+of+the+Age+of+Grace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, <em>The Word Appears in the Flesh,<\/em> \u201cKnowing God\u2019s Work Today\u201d<\/a>, Google e-book, accessed January 24, 2022, 1348; pdf version, 804 &amp; 1343.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fda8d28\" data-id=\"fda8d28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da7279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2da7279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-924\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc1430c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc1430c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ca1428\" data-id=\"9ca1428\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7cc3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d7cc3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bible-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-920\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bible-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bible-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bible-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bible.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5f8912\" data-id=\"d5f8912\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e3eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4e3eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>Clearly, with this statement directly from &#8220;<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221;<\/em>, the CAG has abolished not just the sacraments instituted by Jesus, but all other ministry practices directly or indirectly sourced from the Bible. The earlier Chinese version of &#8220;<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221;<\/em> give us glimpse of the reasons why CAG has changed its practices. Almighty God says, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;there is no need to take the sacrament and be baptized, because the door of grace has long been closed, and no matter how well you practice, no matter how much you practice. If you can\u2019t meet the requirements of God in the last days, you should know that God\u2019s requirements for people are constantly changing with the times\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> (&#8220;<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221;<\/em>: 793, footnote 61)<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[3]<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacilution.com\/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=10498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baiyun, \u201cAnalysis of Religious Cults \u2013 A Case Study: Church of Almighty God&#8221;<\/a>, accessed January 24, 2022.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f81fed\" data-id=\"8f81fed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9a9a16 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9a9a16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7653e22\" data-id=\"7653e22\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c5a854\" data-id=\"1c5a854\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8371e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8371e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Jesus established two Sacraments in His earthly ministry for us to observe while we are carrying out the Great Commission and church ministries. Abolishing these sacraments means abandoning the mission of making Jesus\u2019 disciples of all nations and remembering Jesus no more without the Holy Communion. <strong>Does this mean that CAG is severing its new ministries from Jesus\u2019 work of redemption? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CAG often claims that Almighty God\u2019s plan of Salvation is to complete the work Jesus that He did not finish. Abolishing the two sacraments means disavowing Jesus\u2019 work of redemption, then Almighty God\u2019s salvation plan is no longer completing Jesus\u2019 work of redemption but in substance severing all ties with what Jesus did on the cross,<\/span><\/strong> i.e., there is no need for repentance and confession before Jesus but be obedient to the words of Almighty God instead.<\/li><li><hr \/><p><strong><span id=\"en-ESV-24210\" class=\"text Matt-28-18\" style=\"color: #993300;\">For the CAG followers, the following Bible verses are no longer valid:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span class=\"text Matt-28-18\">&#8220;<sup class=\"versenum\">18<\/sup> And Jesus came and said to them, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-24211\" class=\"text Matt-28-19\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19\u00a0<\/sup>Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>baptizing them in\u00a0the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit<\/strong>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-24212\" class=\"text Matt-28-20\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.\u201d (Matt. 28: 18-20, ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span id=\"en-ESV-28607\" class=\"text 1Cor-11-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">&#8220;23 <\/sup>For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-28608\" class=\"text 1Cor-11-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24\u00a0<\/sup>and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cThis is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-28609\" class=\"text 1Cor-11-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25\u00a0<\/sup>In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cThis cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">in remembrance of me.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-28610\" class=\"text 1Cor-11-26\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26\u00a0<\/sup>For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord&#8217;s death until he comes.<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; (1 Corinthians 11: 23-26, ESV)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0fc3b0\" data-id=\"e0fc3b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6789481 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6789481\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-941\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d414652 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d414652\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-755fa90\" data-id=\"755fa90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a66d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59a66d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clear Thinking Exercises<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65ab0ee elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65ab0ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c80e7f8\" data-id=\"c80e7f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb5500a\" data-id=\"fb5500a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db54687 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db54687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Even though observing the two protestant Sacraments, the Lord&#8217;s Supper and Water Baptism, are not Essential for salvation, does abolishing them means disavowing what Jesus had already done rather than completing what Jesus did not finish?<\/li><li>If God is always new, never old as CAG claims, today&#8217;s beliefs and practices will become old tomorrow.<\/li><li>CAG asserts that the Bible is outdated for the current age, will <em>&#8220;The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221;<\/em> be outdated tomorrow?<\/li><li>Does God&#8217;s Truth change overtime in different ages?<\/li><li>God does not changed! If God&#8217;s Truth has changed, does it mean the identity of God has changed?<\/li><li>Since none of the essential Christian beliefs are present in CAG&#8217;s faith and practices, why do they call themselves Christians? (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/essential-and-non-essential-doctrines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See Essential and Non-Essential Doctrines<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ef8f89\" data-id=\"7ef8f89\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Communion and Water Baptism The Church of Almighty God claims to be Christianity with a protestant house church background. The Lord&#8217;s Supper and Water Baptism are the two recognized Sacraments within Protestantism. CAG does not observe Holy Communion and Water Baptism. The Church of Almighty God has abolished the two Sacraments instituted by Jesus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5351,"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1152\/revisions\/5351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}