The Power of His Resurrection I

Sacrament: a sacrament in the Bible was a symbol or a rite, performed in the physical world, which set before the senses a meaning in the spiritual world, or some promise of God that was yet to come. For instance, the sacrifice of a lamb on an altar pointed to the taking away of sins by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Not only was a sacrament a sign, but it was also a seal: a guarantee by the God of Heaven that the promises were true and that He would keep them. So we say that the sacraments are signs and seals of the promises of God: in some way they make the promise visible, and also guarantee to us that God is faithful and true to us in keeping the promise.