Orlando Reformed Presbyterian Church

06/02/2026

Elder Schaefer asking his son and daughter-in-law the baptismal vows before his granddaughter is baptized. Praise God for his many covenant blessings. God's promise is unto a thousand generations and those who are far off!

06/01/2026

Build your life on what lasts.

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06/01/2026

Baptism is a sacrament ordained by our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a sign and seal of the inclusion of the person who is baptized in the covenant of grace. Baptism with water teaches that we and our children are conceived and born in sin. It signifies our dying to sin and our rising to newness of life by virtue of our union with Christ in his death and resurrection. It also signifies and seals to us cleansing from sin by the blood and Spirit of Christ. Since these gifts of salvation are the gracious provision of the Triune God, who is pleased to claim us as his very own, we are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Baptized persons are called upon to assume the obligations of the covenant; baptism summons us to renounce sin and the world, and to walk humbly with our God in devotion to his commandments.

Although our young children do not yet understand these things, they are nevertheless to be baptized. For the promise of the covenant is made to believers and to their children, as God declared to Abraham, ‘And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you (Genesis 17:7).'

Under the New Testament, no less than in the Old, the children of believers, have, by virtue of their birth, an interest in the covenant and a right to the seal of it. The covenant of grace is the same in substance in both the Old and the New Testaments, and baptism has replaced circumcision as the seal of that covenant (Colossians 2:11,12). Our savior admitted little children into his presence, embracing them and blessing them, and saying, ‘Of such is the kingdom of God (Mark 10:14).'

The grace signified in baptism is not tied to the moment of administration. Scripture teaches that our children are covenantally holy before their baptism (I Corinthians 7:14). Baptism applies the promises and obligations of the covenant to our children, and calls them to personal repentance and faith as they come to years of understanding.

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Orlando Reformed Presbyterian Church
324 E Livingston St
Orlando, FL 32801

www.OrlandoRPC.org

05/30/2026

05/25/2026

Psalm 132 teaches the value of the presence of God:

Nathan Eshelman | Orlando Reformed Presbyterian Church

05/25/2026

Deacons: the love of God shown:

Nathan Eshelman | Orlando Reformed Presbyterian Church

05/24/2026

Watch the Ordination and Installation of our new deacons here:

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05/24/2026

Three new deacons were ordained and installed this morning.

05/23/2026

Join us for public worship on the Lord's Day: 10:30am and 4:00pm.

Evening locations include:
Downtown Orlando (4pm).
Celebration, FL (4pm).
Gainesville, FL (5pm).

05/19/2026

Jesus. Christ. The Lord. All words here have meaning:

Jesus Christ, The Lord “Do you repent of your sin, confess your guilt and helplessness as a sinner against God, profess Jesus Christ, Son of God, as your Savior and Lord, and dedicate yourself to his service? Do you promise that you will endeavor to forsake all sin and to conform your life to his ...