Baptism. A sacrament that involves applying water either as a proclamation of faith or a means by which God creates and strengthens it. We need only one baptism, and it does not matter how much water or how perfect our faith, for it is God who works in and with the water of Baptism to offer the forgiveness of sins.

Father. The first person of the Trinity. Our Creator, who made all things in six days. 

God. The Holy Trinity, is three distinct Persons in one divine Being: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is a hard concept to grasp, but in God we see three unique personalities who share one essence and cannot be separated in any way.

Holy Spirit. The third person of the Trinity who proceeds from the Father and the Son and creates saving faith in us.

Jesus. The second person of the Trinity who was fully human and divine, being born of the virgin Mary, and yet sinless. By his sacrifice on the cross, Jesus became our substitute, so that we would not have to endure the punishment of sin.

Sin. Every thought, word, desire or action that goes against God's will. We can sin in what we do (sins of commission) and we can sin in what we don't do (sins of omission). Even if we did not actively and consciously do something wrong, we are all born with a sin-stained nature (original sin) which we inherited from our parents, Adam and Eve.

  

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